Daijiworld Media Network – New Delhi
New Delhi, May 8: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested three founders of online gaming platform Gameskraft in connection with an alleged fraud-linked money laundering case.
According to officials, Deepak Singh, Prithvi Raj Singh and Vikas Taneja were taken into custody under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Deepak Singh and Prithvi Raj Singh were arrested from the Delhi-NCR region, following which the agency obtained transit remand to produce them before a Bengaluru court.
Vikas Taneja was arrested in Bengaluru and has already been produced before a jurisdictional court, officials said.
The arrests followed the registration of a money laundering case by the ED against Gameskraft Technologies Ltd and associated entities based on multiple FIRs alleging cheating and fraud.
As part of the investigation, the central agency conducted searches at 17 locations across Delhi-NCR and Karnataka on Thursday, leading to the seizure of documents and other materials related to the probe.
According to ED officials, the company operated various online real-money gaming platforms including ‘RummyCulture’ and the ‘RummyTime’ app.
The agency stated that several FIRs had been registered against the company, including cases linked to alleged financial losses suffered by users. Investigators are also examining allegations related to suicides reportedly connected to individuals who were allegedly duped through the platforms.
Earlier in November last year, the ED had frozen eight escrow bank accounts linked to the company containing deposits worth Rs 18.57 crore as part of the ongoing investigation.
Further probe into the case is underway.