<p>The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/ed" target="_blank">Enforcement Directorate (ED)</a> said on Friday that it carried out a search operation on the Binance crypto exchange, which led to the freezing of 150.22 <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/bitcoin" target="_blank">Bitcoins</a> equivalent to $24,86,693.73 (Rs 22.82 crore) with regard to its ongoing probe into a financial fraud by a gaming application named E-Nuggets.</p>.<p>The instant case was registered on the basis of an FIR filed under various Sections of IPC by the Park Street police station in Kolkata against Aamir Khan and others.</p>.<p>The FIR was filed based on a complaint by Federal Bank authorities in the court of the Metropolitan Magistrate in Kolkata.</p>.<p>Aamir Khan launched a mobile gaming application namely E-Nuggets, which was designed for the purpose of defrauding the public. After collecting a handsome amount from the public, all of a sudden the withdrawal from the said app was stopped on one pretext or the other.</p>.<p>Thereafter, all data, including profile information, was wiped off from the app server. It was revealed that multiple accounts (more than 300) were used to launder money.</p>.<p>Earlier, Rs 17.32 crore in cash was seized from Aamir Khan's residence in Kolkata, while 85.91870554 Bitcoins equivalent to $1674255.7 (or Rs 13.56 crore) were frozen in the Binance crypto exchange.</p>.<p>During an investigation conducted under PMLA so far, a total of Rs 68.42 crore has been seized.</p>
<p>The <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/ed" target="_blank">Enforcement Directorate (ED)</a> said on Friday that it carried out a search operation on the Binance crypto exchange, which led to the freezing of 150.22 <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/tag/bitcoin" target="_blank">Bitcoins</a> equivalent to $24,86,693.73 (Rs 22.82 crore) with regard to its ongoing probe into a financial fraud by a gaming application named E-Nuggets.</p>.<p>The instant case was registered on the basis of an FIR filed under various Sections of IPC by the Park Street police station in Kolkata against Aamir Khan and others.</p>.<p>The FIR was filed based on a complaint by Federal Bank authorities in the court of the Metropolitan Magistrate in Kolkata.</p>.<p>Aamir Khan launched a mobile gaming application namely E-Nuggets, which was designed for the purpose of defrauding the public. After collecting a handsome amount from the public, all of a sudden the withdrawal from the said app was stopped on one pretext or the other.</p>.<p>Thereafter, all data, including profile information, was wiped off from the app server. It was revealed that multiple accounts (more than 300) were used to launder money.</p>.<p>Earlier, Rs 17.32 crore in cash was seized from Aamir Khan's residence in Kolkata, while 85.91870554 Bitcoins equivalent to $1674255.7 (or Rs 13.56 crore) were frozen in the Binance crypto exchange.</p>.<p>During an investigation conducted under PMLA so far, a total of Rs 68.42 crore has been seized.</p>