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ED questions Suresh Raina in ‘illegal’ Oonline betting App case
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: Former Indian cricketer Suresh Raina was on Wednesday questioned by the Enforcement Directorate in an alleged illegal online betting app-linked money laundering case, official sources said.
Rains (38) was seen interacting with CISF personnel and Enforcement Directorate (ED) staff outside the agency’s office in central Delhi before he marked his attendance at around 11 am.
The federal probe agency recorded his statement under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as part of the investigation linked to a sports betting app (application) named 1xBet, the sources said.
The former Indian cricketer is understood to have been linked to the app through certain endorsements. The ED wants to understand his links with this app, any endorsement fee earned and the mode of communication between the two parties, according to the sources.
The agency had recently called representatives of Google and Meta for questioning as part of this probe.
It also conducted multi-state searches on Tuesday in connection with a similar investigation against an online betting app named Parimatch.
The agency is probing multiple such cases involving illegal betting apps that are alleged to have duped numerous people and investors worth crores of rupees or have evaded a huge amount of taxes.
According to estimates by market analysis firms and probe agencies, there are about 22 crore Indian users in various such online betting apps out of which half (about 11 crore) are regular users.
The online betting app market in India worth over USD 100 billion which is growing at the rate of 30 per cent, according to experts.
