Cryptocurrency fraud case: ED raids in Ladakh for the first time

Leh, August 3:

The Enforcement Directorate on Friday raided Ladakh in connection with a Rs 7 crore scam in the name of investment. This is the first raid by the Enforcement Directorate here after the Union Territory was formed. Officials said that the ED has taken action in the cryptocurrency scam case in the name of investment.

The agency’s zonal officer raided six places in Leh city of Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir and Sonipat in Haryana. This action has been taken in connection with the ongoing investigation against AR Mir and others.

For information, let us tell you that the investors were duped of Rs 7 crore in the name of a fake cryptocurrency in the name of Emollient Coin Limited. 2,508 investors deposited money. However, they did not get any return or money back.

After which the matter was reported. The money laundering case was registered in Leh in March 2020. The investigation started from the FIR and some other complaints lodged against Mir and Ajay Kumar Choudhary in the Union Territory (UT) Jammu and Kashmir.