Agencies
NEW DELHI, Aug 19: The ED, along with the Gujarat Police, undertook searches in multiple states on Monday as part of a money-laundering probe linked to alleged unauthorised streaming of ICC Men's T20 World Cup 2024 matches by a "betting" website.
The federal agency said in a statement that 20 premises in Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru (Karnataka), Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) and Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) were covered by its officials and those from the Ahmedabad cyber police department in the case against the "magicwin" web portal.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) case, filed under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), stems from an Ahmedabad police FIR, which stated that a website -- magicwin.games -- had unauthorisedly hosted, streamed and broadcast matches during the world cup.
The broadcast rights for the tournament were given to Star India Private Limited by the International Cricket Council (ICC), the ED said.
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