Indian Authority Freezes 150 Bitcoins Held at Binance Crypto Exchange

Indian Law Enforcement Department (ED) freezes The number of bitcoins held by the virtual currency exchange Binance increased by 150.22. Freeze is part of an investigation into E-nuggets, a mobile gaming application designed to deceive the public, he said, ED said.

India freezes more bitcoin on Binance

India’s Enforcement Department (ED) said on Friday 150.22 under the country’s Prevention of Money Laundering Law (PMLA). announced that it had frozen bitcoin. ED is the Government of India’s Law Enforcement and Economic Intelligence Agency.

The lawsuit concerns Aamir Khan, s/o Nesar Ahmed Khan, who launched a mobile game application called E-nuggets, which he said was “for the purpose of deceiving the general public.” “It was designed,” ED explained.

ED’s official Twitter account tweeted that 150.22 BTCwere frozen after the agency investigated cryptocurrency wallets and user IDs of cryptocurrency exchange Binance.

ED details:

Multiple accounts (300+) used during investigation It became clear that washing money. Proceeds were also used to purchase cryptocurrencies.

Authorities said they had previously frozen several cryptocurrencies in the E-nugget scandal. It announced that it had frozen Bitcoin and two cryptocurrencies held on Indian crypto exchange Wazirx, WRX and USDT. In addition, a further 44.5BTCwere subsequently “seized and frozen” from the residential area of ​​Lohmen Agarwal.

Agarwal was “actively involved in international/domestic transactions involving the remittance of illicitly obtained funds within & abroad received from criminals.” , is currently in judicial custody, the ED noted.

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