Kathmandu. India’s financial crime agency, the Enforcement Directorate, has summoned Mega (Facebook operator) and Google for their statements on charges of helping in money laundering.
The directorate has summoned representatives of META and Google for testifying for promoting numerous illegal online gambling platforms. They have been asked to depose before the agency on July 21 and record their statements under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
According to deccan herald, there was no immediate reaction from the two companies on the matter.
The probe agency is investigating several platforms sponsoring links to illegal gambling and gambling websites, including examples of advertisements placed for them on various internet-based social networks and app stores.
Some actors and sports persons are also under the scanner of the agency for promoting illegal gambling. They are also expected to be summoned by the agency for deposition soon.
The investigating agency has said that illegal online betting and gambling platforms were duping innocent people’s money and also laundering and tax evasion of illegal currency worth crores of rupees.
