MagicWin Gambling App Case: ED has sent summons to Bollywood and small screen artists in the case related to MagicWin gambling app. ED has summoned Bollywood actresses Mallika Sehrawat and Pooja Banerjee in this case. ED has interrogated Pooja Banerjee in this case. Whereas Mallika Sherawat has responded to the summons through mail.
The scope of the Enforcement Directorate’s investigation into the money laundering case related to gambling app MagicWin is continuously increasing. Apart from Mallika Sherawat and Pooja Banerjee, ED has also summoned two more big celebrities who have been called to join the interrogation on Friday and Saturday. Next week ED will also send summons to 7 more big celebs, TV actors and comedians.
The raid was conducted in money laundering case
According to sources, Mallika Sherawat gave her reply to ED through email while Pooja Banerjee attended the interrogation at ED’s Ahmedabad office. ED had raided 21 locations in Delhi, Mumbai and Pune in the money laundering case related to “MagicWin”. Many documents, digital devices and Rs 30 lakh were seized in the raid. ED had started its investigation on the FIR lodged by Ahmedabad Police for cyber crime in which MagicWin and many other apps were made accused.
What is the matter?
It is alleged that the Men’s T20 World Cup was broadcast illegally through MagicWin. Online betting was also done through this. ED investigation has revealed that MagicWin is a gaming website whose owners are Pakistani citizens. Some Indian citizens were operating this website sitting in Dubai. Investigation revealed that the games on which betting was shown on the website are played in the Philippines and other countries and betting on them is legal there.
ED seized Rs 3 crore 55 lakh
ED’s investigation revealed that the money invested by players and bookmakers in the game was diverted through a shell company and invested in cryptocurrency. Which was encashed in Dubai. ED has so far conducted search operations 68 times in this case. According to ED officials, Rs 3 crore 55 lakh has been seized so far in this money laundering case.
