Foreigners in Goa duped, ED seizes 56 flats, 16 villas

A policeman baton charges on people for flouting social distancing norms while waiting for their turn to buy liquor after Tasmac shops reopened after a week at Maduranthakam in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu on Saturday. The liquor shops opened after the Supreme Court on Friday stayed a May 8 order of the Madras high that had closed these outlets due to violation of conditions imposed by it. — PTI

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached 56 flats and 16 villas in Goa in connection with a case of cheating foreign nationals by an Indian firm.

The attached properties are located at Peace Valley in Sirvoi, Goa. Besides this, the ED has also attached bank accounts worth `7.73 crore belonging to accused Ankit Kumar and Sunil Kumar. The attached assets are registered in the name of M/s Sanatan Financiers & Real Estates Private Limited, Goa.

According to a statement issued by the central probe agency here on Saturday, the provisional attachment order has been issued under the PMLA and is related to a case where some foreign nationals were cheated by CEO and former director of Sanatan Financers and Real Estates Pvt Ltd Ankit Kumar and his associate Sunil Kumar. Ankit Kumar was arrested by the ED in the month of March on the charges of money laundering.

The ED’s case is based on the Goa police FIR. The case was filed by some foreigners complaining that the duo "illegally collected" funds from them in the guise of selling properties in a real estate project named “Peace Valley” located at Quepem in Goa.

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