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ED Adds HPZ Token Accounts as It Widens PMLA Attachments Across Fraud Probes

The agency says provisional attachments are preventing dissipation of suspected proceeds pending adjudication.

Overview

  • The Dimapur Sub Zonal Office attached ₹10.24 crore across 94 bank accounts in the HPZ Token investment scam, citing mule accounts, shell companies and misuse of payment aggregators, with investigators pegging total suspected proceeds at about ₹2,200 crore and attachments so far above ₹662 crore.
  • In Manipur-linked proceedings, the ED attached ₹50.80 crore tied to the Salai Group and SMART Society, alleging unlicensed deposit taking that promised 36% returns and routed funds through group firms for assets including mills and farms.
  • In Chhattisgarh’s medical procurement case, properties worth about ₹80.36 crore were attached following ACB/EOW action, with the ED alleging tender rigging by Mokish/Mokshit Corporation and associates, earlier seizures of luxury cars, and the January arrest of Shashank Chopda.
  • For the RaipurVisakhapatnam highway project, assets valued at ₹23.35 crore were attached after findings that land parcels were fraudulently subdivided and records falsified post a 2020 notification, with funds siphoned via pre‑signed cheques to accounts linked to Harmeet Singh Khanuja and associates.
  • The ED notes these are provisional steps under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act based on FIRs and charge sheets by state units and central agencies, and says tracing of additional assets and beneficiaries continues.