Overview
- Sonu Sood appeared at the ED’s New Delhi office on September 24 and was questioned for roughly seven hours with his statement recorded under money-laundering provisions.
- Yuvraj Singh was examined on September 23 for more than seven hours, influencer Anveshi Jain also appeared the same day, and Robin Uthappa was questioned for over eight hours on September 22.
- The agency has sought contracts, emails, payment records, and details of Indian intermediaries, probing whether consideration flowed through banking channels or hawala in India or abroad.
- Investigators say platforms linked to the case allegedly duped users of crores and evaded taxes, with 1xBet registered in Curacao; the government has banned real-money online gaming and issued 1,524 blocking orders since 2022.
- Sources say the ED could move to attach assets of those found to have used suspected proceeds from promotional activities, with a chargesheet expected thereafter.