Kamal Ghorui
NEW DELHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday arrested three founders of online gaming platform Gameskraft in connection with an alleged money laundering case linked to cheating and fraud, officials said.The accused, Deepak Singh, Prithvi Raj Singh and Vikas Taneja, were taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).According to officials, Deepak Singh and Prithvi Raj Singh were arrested from the Delhi-NCR region. The ED later obtained transit remand to produce them before a Bengaluru court. Taneja was arrested in Bengaluru and has already been produced before a local court.The arrests follow the ED’s money laundering investigation against Gameskraft Technologies Ltd and associated entities based on multiple FIRs alleging cheating and fraud.The central agency had conducted searches at 17 locations across Delhi-NCR and Karnataka on Thursday, during which officials seized several documents linked to the probe.ED officials alleged that the platform operated various online real-money gaming applications, including ‘RummyCulture’ and the Rummytime app.According to ED, several FIRs have been registered against the company, including cases linked to alleged suicides by individuals who were purportedly duped through the gaming platforms.In November last year, the ED had frozen eight escrow bank accounts associated with Gameskraft that allegedly held deposits worth Rs 18.57 crore as part of the ongoing investigation.(With PTI inputs)
