ED Attaches Over Rs 8 Crore Assets of Bengaluru Firm in Ponzi Case FOLLOW US ON: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached properties worth over Rs 8 crore of a Bengaluru-based company in connection with a money laundering probe against it linked to an alleged multi-crore ponzi or chit fund case, the agency said on Tuesday. An agricultural land, a residential plot, 13 bank accounts and a demat account "held in the name of Ajmera Groups, its partners and others" have been provisionally attached by the probe agency under sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The ED case stems from an FIR and charge sheet filed against the company and its promoters Tabrez Pasha, Abdul Dastagir, Tabrez Ulla Shariff, Syed Mudasir, Syed Muthahir and Fairoz Khan for "illegally" collecting funds from 1,148 depositors and "failing" to return Rs 29.17 crore. The police case was filed under various sections of the Karnataka Protection of Interest of Depositors in Financial Establishments Act, 2004 (KPIDFE) and the Price, Chits and Money Circulating Banning Act of 1978.