Goa, July 7 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) conducted raids at eight locations across Goa and Pune on July 4, 2025, in connection with a major land grabbing and money laundering case involving an ancestral property in Socorro, North Goa. The 5,000-square-meter land, located at Survey No. 210/5, was allegedly fraudulently acquired through a web of forged documents and manipulated legal proceedings.

The investigation names John Paul Valles, Sandeep Vazarkar, and their associates as key conspirators. According to the ED, they orchestrated an elaborate scheme by initiating fraudulent inventory proceedings (Inventory No. 134/2019/C), falsely claiming family ties to the original property owner. This allowed them to transfer ownership to tw...