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The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth ₹18.10 million in connection with illegal online betting platform 1xBet, the agency said on Monday (March 2, 2026).
The ED alleged that 1xBet was operating in India without a permit and promoting illegal online betting and gambling through several mirror websites. “The platform has adopted a hidden mechanism to collect funds through dynamically generated UPI IDs linked to bank accounts of mules, obscuring the real beneficiaries and layering the proceeds of crime,” the company said.
Parthtech Developers LLP, which operated the high-traffic cricket platforms CREX and OneCricket, entered into structured advertising contracts with Swiss company Bwise Media AG to promote illegal betting platforms including 1xBet, according to the agency.
“Statements recorded under Section 50 of the PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act) proved that 1xBet ads were directly booked, geo-targeted and run on the CREX platform through Parthtech Developers LLP’s internal ad server ‘Parth Adex’,” the ED said.
Total assets attached
With the latest attachment, the total value of assets attached to the case now stands at around ₹7.23 crore.
In December 2025, the ED provisionally attached movable and immovable properties 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 alleged that celebrities knowingly entered into endorsement deals with foreign entities to promote 1xBet through its representatives. These endorsements were made in exchange for payments routed through foreign entities to conceal the illicit origin of the funds, she claimed. Earlier, the ED had also attached assets worth ₹11.14 crore of former cricketers Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina.
Published – March 2, 2026 10:05 PM IST
