Particle.news
Download on the App Store

ED Attaches Rs 1,268 Crore of Prime Goa Land in Alleged Communidade Fraud

The action comes as the agency pursues linked FIRs alongside parallel PMLA attachments across states.

Overview

  • The attachment dated November 27 covers 19 parcels spanning over five lakh square metres in Anjuna, Assagaon, Ucassaim and other areas.
  • Investigators allege a forged-documents scheme involving fabricated Communidade records, fraudulent mutations and frontmen-driven sales to generate proceeds of crime.
  • The probe stems from a Goa Police FIR over alleged fraud against the Communidade of Anjuna; alleged key conspirator Shivshankar Mayekar was arrested on October 1 and remains in judicial custody.
  • ED says four additional FIRs tied to illegal acquisitions in Anjuna and Assagaon have surfaced, more suspect parcels are identified, and property details are being shared through PMLA coordination channels.
  • In parallel actions, ED reported a Rs 199.67 crore attachment in a Kolkata bank-fraud case with a court-ordered restitution to Central Bank of India, a Rs 2.58 crore attachment in a Himachal corruption case, and a new attachment targeting assets of an Assam income tax officer and his wife.