Team Herald
PANJIM: The Panjim zonal office of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has now started investigations into the cash-for-jobs scam in the State under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.
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The ED has registered an enforcement case information report to probe the alleged cash-for-jobs scam reported in the State.
Though the senior police officers remained tight-lipped, it is learnt that the ED had already sought information from the police in connection with the cases registered at different police station.
Over 30 cases related to cash-for-jobs scam have been registered and about 35 persons have been arrested by the police for cheating gullible job aspirants to the tune of crores of rupees.
Among the arrested accused, the notable were two queen pins Pooja Naik of Old Goa and Deepashree Mhato e Sawant of Amona, Sankhali, who are involved in maximum cheating cases.
Also 166 grams of gold, two mini-buses, 12 four-wheelers and four two-wheelers have been confiscated from the accused. Multiple bank accounts of some of the accused have been freezed by the police to prevent financial transactions, as part of the investigation.
In April last year, the ED had started investigation into the land grabbing cases and attached more than 30 immoveable properties worth Rs 40 crore. The investigation was started on the basis of several FIRs registered in different police stations in the State by the Special Investigation team (SIT) (land grabbing) of Goa Police.
