NEW DELHI: In accordance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act's (PMLA) provisions, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has frozen Bitcoins worth Rs 12.83 crore equivalent as part of an inquiry against actor Aamir Khan and others via the mobile game app E-nuggets.

The enforcement agency said that it began an investigation based on an FIR dated February 15, 2021, filed by Park Street Police Station, Kolkata Police, against Aamir Khan and others under various IPC sections, as a result of a complaint made by Federal Bank officials in the court of Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Calcutta.

The ED claimed that Aamir Khan, the son of Nesar Ahmed Khan, established the mobile game software E-Nuggets with the intent of scamming users. "Further, after receiving a sizeable donation from the general public, the aforementioned App abruptly ceased allowing withdrawals under various pretexts. After then, all data, including personal data, was deleted from the aforementioned App servers "the organisation stated on Wednesday.

According to the investigation conducted by the agency, the accused was utilising Crypto Currency Exchange to send some of the money obtained unlawfully through the gaming app (E-Nuggets) to foreign countries. "It was discovered that one such dummy account in the WazirX was formed in the name of Sima Naskar, the proprietor of Pixal Design, and used to buy cryptocurrencies and other digital assets. The aforementioned cryptocurrencies were then transferred to a different account at "Binance," another cryptocurrency exchange "It read.

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