Chennai: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached immovable assets worth Rs 19.59 crore of Santiago Martin, also called as ‘Lottery King’ and others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in the Sikkim Lottery scam case.
In a tweet, the ED said it had earlier attached assets worth Rs.258 crore.Ā With this, the total attachment in the case has reached Rs 277.59 crore.Ā The ED said the attached properties consists of various immovable properties in the form of vacant lands situated in Tamilnadu.
The ED had initiated money laundering investigation on the basis of chargesheet filed by the CBI, Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB), Kochi, against Martin and others under various sections of IPC, and Lotteries (Regulation) Act, 1998.