India, Jan. 26 -- In further troubles for WinZO, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has now filed a prosecution complaint against the gaming startup, its directors, and related Indian and foreign subsidiaries, alleging large-scale manipulation of games and laundering of proceeds of crime.

In a statement, the ED said its Bengaluru zonal office filed the complaint on January 23 before the Special PMLA Court in Bengaluru. WinZO has been arraigned as the main accused along with its directors, Paavan Nanda and Saumya Singh Rathore, and its wholly owned subsidiaries, including entities based in the US and Singapore.

According to the agency, its investigation revealed that most of WinZO's real money games were manipulated using bots and AI-drive...