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ED Attaches Rs 7.93 Crore in Celebrity Assets in 1xBet Laundering Probe

The agency says celebrity promotions for 1xBet were paid through foreign intermediaries to mask illicit origins.

Overview

  • Assets linked to Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, Sonu Sood, Urvashi Rautela, Mimi Chakraborty, Ankush Hazra and Neha Sharma were provisionally frozen under PMLA.
  • Friday’s action takes total attachments in the 1xBet case to about Rs 19.07 crore after an earlier Rs 11.14 crore linked to Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina.
  • ED alleges 1xBet and surrogates such as 1xBat operated unlawfully in India using more than 6,000 mule accounts and layered transactions, with suspected laundering exceeding Rs 1,000 crore.
  • In a related betting probe, searches at nine locations tied to influencer Anurag Dwivedi seized four luxury cars and documents indicating Dubai real estate investments routed via hawala; officials say he has not responded to multiple summons and is in Dubai.
  • Parallel PMLA operations continue, including seizures of cash, gold and silver in the ‘Donkey Route’ illegal immigration case across Punjab, Haryana and Delhi, and an Assam attachment in a separate disproportionate assets matter.