By Admin 
The Enforcement Directorate has taken major action as soon as the law is enacted on online gaming. Taking action on online betting and gaming racket, the ED has arrested KC Virendra, MLA from Chitradurga in Karnataka from Gangtok. According to sources, the central agency raided 31 locations, including Bengaluru, Chitradurga, Mumbai, Goa and Gangtok. Five big casinos of Goa were also red.
In the raid, Rs 12 crore cash (1 crore foreign currency), 6 crore gold, 10 kg silver and 4 luxury cars were found. Also, 17 bank accounts and 2 lockers were freeze. Investigations have revealed that the MLA and his brothers were running online betting sites King567 and Raja567. Money was being rotated through companies from Dubai and an attempt was being made to show the illegal earnings white. The MLA in Gangtok came to take a casino lease. Then the ED caught them. Now he is being taken to Bangalore Court on transit remand.
Action under PMLA
Official sources gave this information. Virendra Pappi is an MLA from Chitradurga assembly seat. This action is being taken under the provisions of the Money Laundering Prevention Act (PMLA). Sources said that the complexes of MLA and some others are being searched in the case related to online betting and gaming.
Action on these casinos of Goa
The casinos that ED have taken action in Goa include Pappay Cassino Gold, Ocean Reverse Casino, Pappiz Casino Pride, Ocean 7 Cassino and Big Daddy Cassino. According to the information, three companies from Dubai – Diamond Softech, TRS Technologies and Prime9 Technologies were running call centers and gaming businesses.
MLA went to Gangtok on business trip
The ED team came to know that KC Virendra had gone on a gangtok business trip with his colleagues. Where they were preparing to open a new casino by leasing the land. Meanwhile, on August 23, he was arrested and then he was presented in front of the judicial magistrate and took transit remand so that he could be produced in Bengaluru court.
Documents and digital records found
ED has received many such documents and digital records during raids. Which reveals a large network of rigging of money and money laundering. The agency is now investigating which business and property the money earned from betting was invested. The investigation of the case is going on. Further investigation of ED is expected to make many big revelations.
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