Five Arrested for Working for a Chinese Gambling Company

Hyderabad police investigating claims of money laundering against various Chinese nationals and their Indian associates by the Income Tax 🍸department took action yesterday with the arrest of five individuals.

They were held for organising online gambling via difference co📖mpanies under the umbrella of a Chinese firm called Beijing T Power Company.

Police (stock image) revealed a Chinese꧑ national and the alleged company head of operations for South East Asia, Yah Hao, plus three directors, Dheeraj Sarkar, Ankit Kapoor, and Neeraj Tuli, we✱re arrested.

A 🦹complaint had been filed by two persons who lost Rs 1.64 lakhs and Rs 97,000 after playing on🦩line games.

"The domain name servers of the g🌟aming websites are based out of China and the data hosting services are cloud-based in the USA but operated out of China. The entire technical operation is run by China-based directors/partners of these companies. The payments were being routed through India-based payment service providers/gateways", said Hyd🐟erabad police commissioner Anjani Kumar in a press conference.

Growing Infortech Pvt Ltd, Sily Co💝nsulting Services Pvt Ltd, Pan Yun Technology Services, Linkyun Technology Pvt Ltd, Dokypay Technology Pvt Ltd, and Daisylink Pvt Ltd are just some of the companies operating under Beijing T Power Company and organising online betting.

According to police, new players required a reference from existing members to join the illicit club. Total inward transactions on just two accounts uncovered by police were worth Rs. 1,100 Crores. Officials were only able to freezᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚ🌱ᩚᩚe Rs. 30 Crores.

It's not the first time Chinese operators have been linked to illegal gambling in India. In July, three men were arrested♐ in꧒ Mumbai for playing poker on a Chinese app.

The news comes at a sensitive time with relations between China and India at the lowest for some time. Having already banned many China-based apps, including TikTok, the Indi🌺an government has made it clear ♚it could ban hundreds more Chinese apps over privacy and security fears.