Goa, Sept. 6 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached 15 properties across Bardez taluka in connection with a multi-crore land fraud case, officials said on Saturday. The action was taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).

The properties - located in Revora, Anjuna, Mapusa, Nadora, Camurlim, and Parra - are collectively worth several crores. According to investigators, the assets were fraudulently acquired through a network of forged wills, fabricated genealogies, and manipulated inventory records, allowing powerful interests and outsiders to illegitimately transfer ownership "on paper."

Officials described the racket as a form of "land laundering", where Goa's high-value coastal real estate was e...