New Delhi, Sep 28: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is soon expected to attach assets worth crores of rupees of certain sportspersons and actors under the anti-money laundering law in a case linked to an online betting and gaming platform.

Official sources said that an investigation into the case related to a portal, ‘1xBet’, has found that some of these celebrities utilised the endorsement fee paid to them for acquiring a variety of assets which qualified as the “proceeds of crime” under the anti-money laundering law.

The federal probe agency is expected to soon issue a provisional attachment order under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) to attach these movable and immovable properties, including some located abroad in countries like the UAE.

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