Overview

• The Enforcement Directorate carried out coordinated searches at 11 sites across Delhi, Noida, Gurugram and Dehradun on August 6 under its PMLA investigation.
• Officials said suspects impersonated law-enforcement officials as well as Amazon and Microsoft tech-support staff to threaten Indian and foreign victims into making digital transfers.
• Investigators identified about ₹260 crore in Bitcoin, which was converted into USDT and routed through UAE-based hawala operators before entering cash channels.
• The latest action builds on June raids in Gujarat and Maharashtra that netted over ₹100 crore and led to the arrests of Makbul Doctor and Kashif Doctor Abdul Rahim Nada.
• The ongoing probe continues to map additional participants in the network and prepare legal proceedings against those involved.