Chennai (16.11.2024): The Enforcement Directorate (ED)
seized Rs 8.8 crore in cash from the corporate office of Chennai-based lottery
king Santiago Martin. Martin was one of the biggest donors to political parties
with over Rs 1,300 crore through electoral bonds which was later scrapped by
the Supreme Court of India. The searches were carried out in several states as part of a
money laundering investigation against the lottery king. Officials said that at
least 20 premises linked to Martin, his son-in-law Aadhav Arjun and associates
in Chennai, Coimbatore, Faridabad, Ludhiana and Kolkata were being searched as
part of comprehensive action against his business empire. ALSO READ ED’s massive raids at 20 locations of a business tycoon (14.11.2024)
Chennai (16.11.2024): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) seized Rs 8.8 crore in cash from the corporate office of Chennai-based lottery king Santiago Martin. Martin was one of the biggest donors to political parties with over Rs 1,300 crore through electoral bonds which was later scrapped by the Supreme Court of India.
The searches were carried out in several states as part of a money laundering investigation against the lottery king. Officials said that at least 20 premises linked to Martin, his son-in-law Aadhav Arjun and associates in Chennai, Coimbatore, Faridabad, Ludhiana and Kolkata were being searched as part of comprehensive action against his business empire.
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ED’s massive raids at 20 locations of a business tycoon (14.11.2024)