Forex remittances worth Rs 50,000 crore under ED scannerDelhi-based entity made illegal sale of cryptocurrencies, sent proceeds to Hong Kong and Canada. Bank officials too being probed for leakin...
03 Jun, 2024, 12.07 AM IST
ED seizes Rs 1,144 crore crime proceeds, arrests 20 persons in crypto fraud casesFurther, under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) assets amounting to Rs 270.18 crore have been seized under section 37A of FEMA ...
07 Aug, 2023, 07.54 PM IST
ED investigating several cases related to crypto, digital currency frauds: MoS FinanceCrypto assets are currently unregulated in India. Frauds relating to crypto are dealt with under extant laws against fraud and cyber crime.
03 Apr, 2023, 06.43 PM IST
ED investigating several cases related to crypto/digital currency frauds: MoS FinanceFurther, under Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 (FEMA) assets amounting to Rs 289.28 crore have been seized. The minister said one sho...
03 Apr, 2023, 06.43 PM IST
WazirX blocked 2,431 accounts in past six monthsDuring the October-March duration, the cryptocurrency exchange received 431 requests from law enforcement agencies, against a total transac...
21 Mar, 2023, 11.28 PM IST
Rs 936 crore related to crypto currency attached or seized by ED: GovtBesides, five persons have been arrested and six prosecution complaints (PCs) including one supplementary PC have been filed before the Spe...
06 Feb, 2023, 09.36 PM IST
ED lifts freeze on WazirX accounts; banking resumesIn August, the agency said it had conducted searches on one of the directors of M/s Zanmai Lab Pvt Ltd, which operates WazirX and had issue...
12 Sep, 2022, 10.41 PM IST
ED probes P2P deals, liquidity at WazirXInvestigators suspect there was no mechanism or procedure to ensure only Indians traded crypto assets. That increased counter-party risk an...
14 Aug, 2022, 06.00 AM IST
WazirX episode reveals darker side of crypto: Govt sourcesAt the G20 Ministerial Symposium on Tax and Development in Bali, she had suggested that G20 should examine the feasibility of bringing non-...
13 Aug, 2022, 11.53 AM IST
ED freezes bank accounts of WazirX worth Rs 64.67 croreThe agency’s statement comes days after the minister for state (Finance) Pankaj Chaudhary told the Parliament that WazirX was being probed ...
05 Aug, 2022, 10.05 PM IST
ED serves FEMA notice to crypto exchange WazirX: MoS Pankaj ChaudharyPankaj Chaudhary said that the Directorate of Enforcement is probing alleged money laundering of Rs 2,790 crore through crypto exchange Waz...
04 Aug, 2022, 12.28 PM IST
ED investigating WazirX for allowing Rs 2,790 crore of remittance to unknown walletsThe investigation has revealed that the Indian cryptocurrency exchange Wazirx, operated by Zanmai Labs Private Limited in India, was using ...
02 Aug, 2022, 10.53 PM IST
NCB gets Binance to freeze account of Mumbai 'Crypto King' AdivirkarNCB arrested Adivirkar, known as the ‘crypto king’ in Mumbai, in June while busting a drug syndicate. Adivirkar allegedly used to take cash...
18 Nov, 2021, 09.41 AM IST
ED questions payment gateways for money laundering in probe involving betting appsED looking into whether payment gateways followed due diligence, benefited from the "proceeds of crime"
03 Aug, 2021, 05.46 PM IST
WazirX says preparing response to ED notice, partners TRM Labs to detect crypto fraudIndia’s largest crypto exchange WazirX says its partnership with TRM Labs, a blockchain intelligence company, will help it to monitor, inve...
02 Jul, 2021, 12.14 AM IST
ED sends showcause notice to WazirXAgency claims transactions worth Rs 2,790.74 cr carried out in violation of forex rules; CEO Shetty says crypto exchange in compliance with...
12 Jun, 2021, 09.56 AM IST
WazirX founder says hasn't received any ED notice on money launderingEarlier today, the Enforcement Directorate issued a press release that said the government agency has issued a show cause notice to Nishcal...
11 Jun, 2021, 10.29 PM IST