PMLA Special Court in Hyderabad has granted an additional eight-day custody of Yan Hao, a Chinese national, Dhiraj Sarkar and Ankit Kapoor to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in the money laundering case regarding online betting apps.
Last month, Hyderabad police busted an online gaming racket and arrested Dhiraj Sarkar, Ankit Kapoor, and Yan Hao in connection with the case.
Earlier this month, Dhiraj, Ankit, and Yan Hao were taken in ED custody in the case. The three will be now held in custody until September 29.
Sleuth of the Hyderabad Cyber Crime branch busted a nationwide Chinese-operated online gaming and betting activities worth over hundreds of crores of rupees.
ED initiated investigation under Telangana Gaming Act, Section 420 (cheating and dishonestly inducing delivery of property) and 120 (B) IPC (punishment of criminal conspiracy).
During the investigation, it was found that online gaming was organised by initiating prospective gamers through secure telegram groups where entry was through reference and commission-based.
In these groups, admins used to indicate the websites on which the registered members can play games and place wagers/bets.
Investigators found that players were placing bets on colours in a game called Colour Prediction.
It was also revealed that the bank accounts and payment gateways were linked to several companies including Linkyun, Dokypay and SpotPay.
Further, it was revealed that to stay away from the radar of the Indian Law Enforcement agencies, the Domain Name Servers of the gaming websites are based out of China. The data hosting services are cloud-based in the US and are operated from China, while the entire technical operation is also run by the China-based directors/partners of these companies.India Today
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