NEW DELHI: The Enforecement Directorate has attached assets worth Rs 24 crore of Pune-based VIPS group of companies promoted by Vinod Khute, who has now fled to Dubai.
The central agency said that the assets include Rs 21.27 crore in 58 bank accounts and Rs 3.14 crore in deposits.
Vinod Tukaram Khute and associates were booked for cheating and luring people in Ponzi scheme & forex trading on the pretext of high returns.They collected more than Rs.100 Crore in the bank accounts of several fake firms. An FIR by one of victim at Bharti Vidyapeeth Police Station in Pune prompted ED to launch investigation.
Previously, ED had issued a Provisional Attachment Order attaching overseas assets located in Dubai worth Rs. 37.50 Crore belonging to Khute under the provisions of the PMLA. Total attachment in this case now stands at Rs. 61.91 Crore.
The central agency said that the assets include Rs 21.27 crore in 58 bank accounts and Rs 3.14 crore in deposits.
Vinod Tukaram Khute and associates were booked for cheating and luring people in Ponzi scheme & forex trading on the pretext of high returns.They collected more than Rs.100 Crore in the bank accounts of several fake firms. An FIR by one of victim at Bharti Vidyapeeth Police Station in Pune prompted ED to launch investigation.
Previously, ED had issued a Provisional Attachment Order attaching overseas assets located in Dubai worth Rs. 37.50 Crore belonging to Khute under the provisions of the PMLA. Total attachment in this case now stands at Rs. 61.91 Crore.