The son of a former DMK minister was sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment by a CBI court in Chennai in a money laundering case involving Rs 78 crore investigated by the Enforcement Directorate.
Judge R Vasanthi also imposed a fine of Rs 1 crore on Mani Anbazhagan, the son of late DMK leader Ko Si Mani.
According to prosecution, foreign exchange worth about Rs 78 crore was remitted abroad by eight shell entities on production of alleged forged bills of entry to an Indian Bank branch here without any physical imports.
Mani Anbazhagan had allegedly facilitated opening current accounts on behalf of all the eight accounts with the Indian Bank, Thousand Lights Branch here where he had pooled over Rs 90 crore.
Subsequently, out of such pooled funds, foreign exchange remittances outside the country to the extent of about Rs 78 crore was fraudulently made based on forged import documents without actual imports.
The Know Your Customer (KYC) documents submitted to the bank were found to be fictitious.
After Enforcement Directorate officials unearthed the links between the fake entities and Anbazhagan, they arrested him on August 7, 2017 under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Ex-DMK Minister's Son Arrested In Alleged Money Laundering Case "Took Advantage Of His Addiction": 5 Charged Over Matthew Perry's Death Nurse Raped, Killed On Way Home, Body Found 9 Days Later In UP "Don't Expect Anything From Me": Kolkata Hospital's New Principal Loses Cool Ukraine, Russia Both Claim Advances In Kursk Region Gaza Ceasefire Talks Underway In Qatar As Deaths Top 40,000 Trump To Hold Press Conference, His Campaign Adds Senior Advisers Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the world.