Enforcement Directorate has attached properties worth Rs 2.71 crore under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act in a Rs 4 crore forgery case involving a car servicing centre in Coimbatore.
The investigation under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act was carried out by Enforcement Directorate after Tamil Nadu police registered a cheating case against one Dhanalakshmi and others based on a complaint filed by their employer, said K S V V Prasad, joint director of Enforcement Directorate, Chennai.
Prasad said that Dhanalakshmi and others diverted the service charges received by them while working in a car servicing centre in Coimbatore. “They used to generate forged bills for spare parts ad service charges and the amount collected were diverted to their personal accounts,” Prasad added.
During investigations, it was found that Dhanalakshmi deposited the proceeds of crime in the bank accounts in the form of cash and then transferred to various related accounts and invested in the form of fixed deposits and recurring deposits etc, in her name and in the name of her husband and relatives.
It was found that Rs 1.76 crore was found to be lying in the form of fixed deposits and recurring deposits in the name of Dhanalakshmi’s relatives. Five immovable properties of document value worth Rs 95 lakh was also identified, said Prasad. All have been seized and further investigation is going on.
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