A Chinese national who is accused of duping hundreds of people in Gujarat by floating a fraudulent football betting app was also involved in money laundering and hawala transactions worth Rs 2,300 crore, an official of the state Crime Investigation Department (CID) said here on Thursday.
A Look-Out Circular (LOC) has also been issued against Wu Choumbo, the Chinese national, who had visited Gujarat in 2018 and left after a brief stay.
After finding hawala transactions worth Rs 2,300 crore from the bank accounts of some persons who were arrested recently, CID-Crime and Railways officials in March had requested the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to conduct a separate probe from the money laundering angle, said the official.