ED attaches assets worth ₹18.10 crore in ‘illegal’ betting app case

The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth ₹18.10 crore in connection with the illegal online betting platform 1xBet, said the agency on Monday (March 2, 2026).

The ED has alleged that 1xBet was operating in India without authorisation and was promoting illegal online betting and gambling activities through multiple mirror websites. “The platform adopted a concealed mechanism for collection of funds through dynamically generated UPI IDs linked to mule bank accounts, thereby disguising the actual beneficiaries and by layering the Proceeds of Crime,” it said.

According to the agency, Parthtech Developers LLP, which operated high-traffic cricket platforms CREX and OneCricket, entered into structured advertisement agreements with Bwise Media AG, Switzerland, for promotion of illegal betting platforms including 1xBet.

“Statements recorded under Section 50 of PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) established that advertisements of 1xBet were directly booked, geo-targeted, and executed on the CREX platform through Parthtech Developers LLP in-house advertisement server ‘Parth Adex’,” said the ED.

Total assets attached

With the latest attachment, the total value of assets attached in the case now stands at about ₹7.23 crore.

In December 2025, the ED had provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth ₹7.93 crore belonging to former cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa, and actors Urvashi Rautela, Sonu Sood, Mimi Chakraborty, Ankush Hazra, and Neha Sharma.

The agency had alleged that the celebrities knowingly entered into endorsement agreements with foreign entities for the promotion of 1xBet through its surrogates. These endorsements were made in return for payments routed through foreign entities to conceal the illicit origin of the funds, it alleged. Earlier, the ED had also attached assets amounting to ₹11.14 crore of former cricketers Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina.