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ED Raids Eight Sites, Traces Over Rs 100 Crore in Assets in Rs 152-Crore Bank Fraud Probe

Investigators say two syndicates with insider help used fake farmer identities to divert bank loans, with asset-tracing underway.

Overview

  • Searches covered Nagpur and Bhandara in Maharashtra and Guntur in Andhra Pradesh under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
  • Officials seized incriminating documents and digital devices, recovered Rs 10 lakh in cash, and froze bank balances and insurance policies.
  • The inquiry follows Maharashtra Police FIRs alleging defrauding of the then Corporation Bank, now Union Bank of India.
  • ED attributes about Rs 113 crore in losses to 158 farmer-linked accounts tied to Ramana Rao Bolla and Rs 39.43 crore to 54 accounts tied to Nutan Rakesh Singh.
  • A then assistant manager, Sandeep Revnath Jangale, is named as an alleged co-conspirator as authorities track properties bought with diverted funds.