The Enforcement Directorate authorities have provisionally attached, movable and immovable properties valued at ₹2.71 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, belonging to a woman who cheated her employer.
The police had registered a cheating case against one Dhanalakshmi and others based on a complaint filed by their employer alleging cheating and misappropriation of funds to the tune of ₹4 crore by diverting the service charges received by them while working in a car servicing centre in Coimbatore. Investigations revealed that they used to generate forged bills for spare parts and service charges, and the amount was diverted to their personal accounts.
The accused had deposited the proceeds in her bank account and then transferred to various related accounts, and invested in the form of fixed deposits and recurring deposits in her name and in the name of her husband and relatives.
Movable properties valued ₹1.76 crore in the form of fixed deposits and recurring deposits, and five immovable properties of document value of ₹95 lakh were also identified.
