ED issues Interpol notice in Rs.5K-cr forex fraud involving Russian man
New Delhi, Dec. 22 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued an Interpol silver notice and is coordinating with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Europol to locate the assets and criminal network of Pavel Prozorov, a Russian national accused of running unauthorised forex trading platform OctaFX that duped Indian investors of an estimated Rs.5,000 crore, people familiar with the development said on Sunday.
Prozorov was arrested by the Spanish law enforcement agency, Guardia Civil, in October this year.
OctaFX and Prozorov are accused of duping Indian investors of approximately Rs.1,875 crore between July 2022 and April 2023, generating profits of around Rs.800 crore.
According to the ED probe, considering the company's opera...
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