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.