India, July 28 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Monday recorded the statement of a representative of Google in connection with its money laundering probe into illegal online betting platforms, which use multiple platforms for surrogate advertisements, officials said.

Meta didn't send its representative on Monday, they said. However, another person aware of the matter said that the parent company of Facebook is cooperating with the investigation and has written to ED on the matter.

An officer said, "A senior executive of Google appeared before the agency at its headquarters in Delhi with documents sought by it in connection with the advertisements given by online betting apps and websites on its platform". The name of the Google re...