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ED Seizes 'Biggest' Crypto Fund Worth Rs. 1,646 crore in PMLA Case
The ED has busted a mega money laundering scheme, seizing Rs. 1,646 crore of crypto assets. The ED case, filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), stems from an FIR of the Surat Police crime branch which said the alleged fraud that took place between November 2016 - January 2018 (after demonetisation).
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Anti-Money Laundering Law Misused Like Dowry Law: Supreme Court
The PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) is being used repeatedly to keep people in jail, the Supreme Court said today. A bench pulling up the Enforcement Directorate, said the law is being misused like the dowry law.
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ByBit Pays Rs. 9.27 Crore Penalty, Completes FIU-IND Registration
ByBit has announced that it has completed its registration with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), and paid a Rs. 9.27 crore penalty, as part of its compliance obligations. Earlier this month, the FIU-IND revealed that the Dubai-based exchange was not in compliance with India’s the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) because of wh...
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Probe Agency Links Assets Worth Rs 4 Crore To Chinese Man In Money Laundering Case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it has attached fresh assets worth Rs 4 crore as part of a money laundering investigation against a Chinese national staying "illegally" in India and his associate.
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Probe Agency Conducts Raids In Andhra Pradesh Over Rs 200 Crore Land Fraud Case
Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Visakhapatnam Sub-zonal Office conducted search operations at five locations in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam on October 19 in a case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
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No Eviction Action Until Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra's Appeal: Probe Agency To Court
The ED told the Bombay High Court that it would not act upon the eviction notices issued to actor Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra till their application challenging a property attachment order is heard and decided by an appellate tribunal.
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India Restores Binance Access After Exchange Cleared $2.25 Million Fine for PMLA Violations
Binance has finally completed its registration with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). The exchange has additionally cleared the penalty of $2.25 million (roughly Rs. 18.8 crore) that was levied on it in June this year, for not adhering to India’s Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).
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Court Frames Money Laundering Charges Against Ex Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji
A special court in Chennai framed charges against former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on Thursday in connection with an alleged cash-for-jobs scam.
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"5,000 Laundering Cases, 40 Convictions": Probe Agency Gets Supreme Court's Rap
Making stinging observations about the Enforcement Directorate while hearing a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) matter, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said there had been only 40 convictions in 5,000 such cases.
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Probe Agency Arrests 2 Linked To Funding Of Hizbul Mujahideen In Jammu And Kashmir
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested two persons under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) allegedly linked to the funding of the subversive activities of Pro-Pakistan terrorist organisation Hizbul Mujahideen.
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Binance Fined $2.25 Million in India for Breaching Anti-Money Laundering Regulations, Exchange Vouches Cooperation
India has claimed that Binance, touted as the largest in the world, was not adhering to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). Binance was supposedly given a written as well as a verbal submission about FIU’s concerns. The FIU has said that the charges regarding Binance having violated India’s legal requirements to operate its bus...
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"Probe Agency Can't Arrest Accused If...": Supreme Court's Big Ruling
The Supreme Court has said the Enforcement Directorate cannot arrest an accused - under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, or PMLA - if they appear as summoned by a special court that has taken cognisance of the complaint.
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Bharat Web3 Association Calls for Teamwork in Building Ironclad Anti-Money Laundering Laws
The Bharat Web3 Association (BWA) recently hosted its first ever training and awareness workshop on the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The aim of this meeting was to open dialogues on the steps that could prevent the misuse of cryptocurrencies for unlawful activities like money laundering and terror financing.
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Congress Setback In National Herald Case: Rs 751 Crore Asset Seizure Upheld
In a significant setback to Congress ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Prevention of Money Laundering Act Adjudicating Authority has confirmed attachment of over Rs 751 crore belonging to party-run Associated Journal Limited and Young Indian.
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Raids At Multiple Locations In Tamil Nadu In Drugs Money Laundering Case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday carried out raids in multiple cities in Tamil Nadu as part of a drugs trafficking-linked money laundering investigation against former DMK functionary Jaffer Sadiq and others, officials said.
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ED Seizes 'Biggest' Crypto Fund Worth Rs. 1,646 crore in PMLA Case
The ED has busted a mega money laundering scheme, seizing Rs. 1,646 crore of crypto assets. The ED case, filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), stems from an FIR of the Surat Police crime branch which said the alleged fraud that took place between November 2016 - January 2018 (after demonetisation).
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Anti-Money Laundering Law Misused Like Dowry Law: Supreme Court
The PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) is being used repeatedly to keep people in jail, the Supreme Court said today. A bench pulling up the Enforcement Directorate, said the law is being misused like the dowry law.
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ByBit Pays Rs. 9.27 Crore Penalty, Completes FIU-IND Registration
ByBit has announced that it has completed its registration with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), and paid a Rs. 9.27 crore penalty, as part of its compliance obligations. Earlier this month, the FIU-IND revealed that the Dubai-based exchange was not in compliance with India’s the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) because of wh...
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Probe Agency Links Assets Worth Rs 4 Crore To Chinese Man In Money Laundering Case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it has attached fresh assets worth Rs 4 crore as part of a money laundering investigation against a Chinese national staying "illegally" in India and his associate.
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Probe Agency Conducts Raids In Andhra Pradesh Over Rs 200 Crore Land Fraud Case
Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Visakhapatnam Sub-zonal Office conducted search operations at five locations in Andhra Pradesh's Visakhapatnam on October 19 in a case under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
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No Eviction Action Until Shilpa Shetty, Raj Kundra's Appeal: Probe Agency To Court
The ED told the Bombay High Court that it would not act upon the eviction notices issued to actor Shilpa Shetty and her husband Raj Kundra till their application challenging a property attachment order is heard and decided by an appellate tribunal.
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India Restores Binance Access After Exchange Cleared $2.25 Million Fine for PMLA Violations
Binance has finally completed its registration with India’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU). The exchange has additionally cleared the penalty of $2.25 million (roughly Rs. 18.8 crore) that was levied on it in June this year, for not adhering to India’s Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).
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Court Frames Money Laundering Charges Against Ex Tamil Nadu Minister Senthil Balaji
A special court in Chennai framed charges against former Tamil Nadu Minister V Senthil Balaji under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on Thursday in connection with an alleged cash-for-jobs scam.
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"5,000 Laundering Cases, 40 Convictions": Probe Agency Gets Supreme Court's Rap
Making stinging observations about the Enforcement Directorate while hearing a Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) matter, the Supreme Court on Wednesday said there had been only 40 convictions in 5,000 such cases.
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Probe Agency Arrests 2 Linked To Funding Of Hizbul Mujahideen In Jammu And Kashmir
The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday arrested two persons under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) allegedly linked to the funding of the subversive activities of Pro-Pakistan terrorist organisation Hizbul Mujahideen.
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Binance Fined $2.25 Million in India for Breaching Anti-Money Laundering Regulations, Exchange Vouches Cooperation
India has claimed that Binance, touted as the largest in the world, was not adhering to the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). Binance was supposedly given a written as well as a verbal submission about FIU’s concerns. The FIU has said that the charges regarding Binance having violated India’s legal requirements to operate its bus...
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"Probe Agency Can't Arrest Accused If...": Supreme Court's Big Ruling
The Supreme Court has said the Enforcement Directorate cannot arrest an accused - under Section 19 of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, or PMLA - if they appear as summoned by a special court that has taken cognisance of the complaint.
-
Bharat Web3 Association Calls for Teamwork in Building Ironclad Anti-Money Laundering Laws
The Bharat Web3 Association (BWA) recently hosted its first ever training and awareness workshop on the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The aim of this meeting was to open dialogues on the steps that could prevent the misuse of cryptocurrencies for unlawful activities like money laundering and terror financing.
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Congress Setback In National Herald Case: Rs 751 Crore Asset Seizure Upheld
In a significant setback to Congress ahead of Lok Sabha elections, Prevention of Money Laundering Act Adjudicating Authority has confirmed attachment of over Rs 751 crore belonging to party-run Associated Journal Limited and Young Indian.
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Raids At Multiple Locations In Tamil Nadu In Drugs Money Laundering Case
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday carried out raids in multiple cities in Tamil Nadu as part of a drugs trafficking-linked money laundering investigation against former DMK functionary Jaffer Sadiq and others, officials said.
