The ED has arrested three founders of online gaming platform Gameskraft in connection with a fraud and money laundering probe, officials said. The founders – Deepak Singh, Prithvi Raj Singh and Vikas Taneja – were taken into custody under provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
Deepak Singh and Prithvi Raj Singh were arrested from the Delhi-NCR region and subsequently a case was obtained for their production in a Bengaluru jurisdictional court. Meanwhile, Taneja was arrested from Bengaluru and was produced before the court.
A PMLA case has been registered against Gameskraft Technologies Ltd and other associated entities on the basis of several FIRs related to cheating, fraud etc. registered against the company.
According to ED officials, the platform operated and owned various online real money games like ‘RummyCulture’, rummytime app, etc.
There are several FIRs against the company related to suicides by victims
Yesterday i.e. 07/05/2026 searches were conducted at 17 locations in Karnataka and NCR region related to Gamezkraft group companies and their founders and employees. Various incriminating documents were seized during the search.
On the basis of the material in possession, the founders of Gamezkraft group were found to be guilty of the crime of money laundering and therefore the 3 founders namely Deepak Singh, Prithvi Raj Singh and Vikas Taneja were arrested u/s 19 of PMLA on 08.05.2026.
Further investigation is underway, ED officials said.
In November last year, the agency froze eight bank accounts (disbursement escrows held at various banks) in which deposits worth ₹18.57 crore in the probe against Gameskraft.
(With input from agencies)
