The agency's zonal office here issued provisional orders under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) against Financial Technologies Limited (FTIL), now known as Ms 63 Moons Technologies Limited.
"Bonds worth Rs 135 crore in possession of Ms 63 Moons Technologies Limited have been attached provisionally and the total attachment (against them) is Rs 1,253 crore. The total attachment in the case, including those of others, stands at Rs 2,191 crore," the Enforcement Directorate said.
"The gross income earned by the NSEL from such paper transactions was Rs 1,112.03 crore from 2008-09 to 2013-14. The trades executed on its portal were rarely backed by an equivalent quantity of goods which was in the knowledge of the NSEL executives," it said.
Specifying the role played by the FTIL, the agency said: "All circulars issued were discussed in the board meeting comprising key management personnel of the FTIL in the board of the NSEL and the board used to ratify and approve the same.
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The ED, along with the Economic Offences Wing of the Mumbai Police, had registered a criminal case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in 2013 to probe the case.
The ED had in March 2015 also filed a 20,000-page charge sheet against the NSEL and 67 others in a court here alleging the NSEL funds were laundered and "illegally ploughed into purchase of private properties".
NSEL's payment troubles started after it was ordered by regulator the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) in July 2013 to suspend spot trade in most of its contracts due to suspected trading violations.
The exchange could not settle the outstanding trades, leading to investigations by the police and regulators to find out whether the exchange had defrauded traders by not enforcing rules requiring sufficient collateral to be set aside.
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