ED that that the investigation was initiated by the agency based on an FIR registered by DCB Police Station, Ahmedabad, Gujarat against Langa and others for cheating and criminal breach of trust.
Under the PMLA implemented in 2005, the investigating agency ED has so far attached assets worth ₹ 1.45 lakh crore. In 2024 alone, the agency has attached assets worth more than ₹ 21 thousand crore.
Bharat Masrani, CEO of TD Bank, said "Criminals relentlessly target financial institutions to launder money and TD has a responsibility and an obligation to thwart their illegal activity."
The head of the Alchemist Group, former TMC MP Kanwar Deep Singh, was arrested by the ED in January 2021 on charges of money laundering. The ED investigation also found that Alchemist Group utilized some of the money received by defrauding the public to make payments to aviation firms on behalf of TMC
The unknown caller told the victim that they were calling from FedEx Mumbai and they repeated his name, Aadhar number, and mobile number to confirm his identity.