ED screwed in Chinese loan app case: Rs 46.67 crore seized from Paytm, Razorpay, Cashfree, and Ezbuzz

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen Rs 46.67 crore held in merchant accounts maintained through Paytm, Razorpay, Cashfree, and Ezbuzz in the instant Chinese loan app case. At the same time, Paytm has clarified this whole matter and has called these reports wrong.

According to sources, Rs 33.36 crore has been seized from Easybuzz Pvt Ltd Pune and Rs 8.21 crore from Razorpay Software Pvt Ltd Bangalore account. Apart from this, Rs 1.28 crore has been frozen from Cashfree Payments India Pvt Ltd Bangalore and Rs 1.11 crore from Paytm Payments Services Ltd New Delhi account.

ED raided 16 locations on September 14

Let us tell you that on September 14, the ED raided several premises related to the case including Delhi, Mumbai, Ghaziabad, Lucknow, and Gaya. It also covered 16 locations of banks and payment gateways in Delhi, Gurugram, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Hyderabad, Jaipur, Jodhpur, and Bengaluru in connection with the investigation. Let us tell you that this money laundering case was registered by the Cyber ​​Crime Unit of Kohima Police in Nagaland in October 2021.

The ED said the payments were received from users through UPI and various other online payment gateways and nodal accounts or individuals. Simultaneously, the ED also said that the fraudsters stopped the payment and the website was inaccessible.

The investigation revealed that the HPZ token was operated by Lillian Technocab Pvt Ltd and Shigu Technology Pvt Ltd. The ED suspected the involvement of Jillian Consultants India Pvt Ltd, Gurugram, behind various companies involved in these frauds.

Paytm clarified this whole matter

At the same time, Paytm has clarified this whole matter. Paytm has called these reports wrong. In a statement, Paytm said that ED has directed us to freeze some amount from the MIDs of specific merchant entities. None of these funds are related to Paytm or our group companies.

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