crore in connection with its money laundering probe into the alleged cheating of two Chennai-based banks by impersonating the identities of various people including former tennis player Ashok Amritraj.
The case pertains to the alleged dubious role of three people, identified by the agency as T S A Stephen, Franklin S T and D R Naik, who allegedly cheated Canara Bank and Indian Overseas Bank branches in the Tamil Nadu capital few years back.
The agency issued a provisional attachment order for seizure of three immovable assets, fixed deposits and gold ornaments worth Rs 3.8 crore of the accused, it said.
"In another instance, with the collusion of the bank officials, the accused diverted about Rs 8 crore from the Canara Bank account of an organisation to the accounts of two companies floated by the accused and the same was withdrawn and utilised for their personal purposes," the agency said in a statement.
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"It was also further noticed that by impersonating the directors of a chit fund company, the said accused has also cheated the IOB to the tune of Rs 2.55 crore," it said.
They said the accused had impersonated on the identities
of other people apart from the ex-tennis player.
An attachment order under PMLA is aimed at depriving the
accused from obtaining benefits of their alleged ill-gotten wealth and the accused can appeal against the order before the Adjudicating Authority of the said Act within 180 days.