Team Goemkarponn
PANAJI: In accordance with the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, the Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Panaji zonal office has begun looking into the state’s cash-for-jobs fraud.
To look into the purported cash-for-jobs fraud that has been reported in the state, the ED has filed an enforcement case information report.
It has been learned that the ED had previously asked the police for information regarding the cases that were lodged at various police stations, despite the senior officers’ silence.
The police have filed more than 30 cases in connection with the cash-for-jobs scam, and they have arrested roughly 35 people for defrauding unsuspecting job seekers out of crores of rupees.
Two queen pins who are involved in the most cheating instances, Pooja Naik of Old Goa and Deepashree Mhato e Sawant of Amona, Sankhali, were among the famous offenders who were detained.
Additionally, the accused has had two minibuses, twelve four-wheelers, four two-wheelers, and 166 grams of gold seized. As part of the inquiry, the police have frozen many of the accused’s bank accounts to stop financial activities.
The ED began looking into land grabbing cases in April of last year and seized over 30 properties valued at Rs 40 crore. The Goa Police’s Special probe Team (SIT) (land grabbing) began the probe after receiving multiple FIRs filed at various police stations throughout the state.
