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Fri, Dec 26, 2025

Illegal Betting App Case, ED Attaches Assets of Yuvraj Singh, Sonu Sood, Others Worth Crores Under PMLA

Written by:Gaurav Sharma
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The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets belonging to celebrities including Yuvraj Singh, Robin Uthappa, and Sonu Sood in a money laundering probe linked to an illegal betting app. The agency suspects these assets are proceeds of crime generated through promotional activities for the Curaçao-based platform. This action follows earlier attachments involving cricketers Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina.
Illegal Betting App Case, ED Attaches Assets of Yuvraj Singh, Sonu Sood, Others Worth Crores Under PMLA

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has intensified its investigation into an alleged money laundering network linked to an illegal foreign betting application. In a significant move, the agency has provisionally attached assets belonging to several high-profile individuals, including former Indian cricketers Yuvraj Singh and Robin Uthappa, and Bollywood actor Sonu Sood.

The action, taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), also covers properties linked to actress Neha Sharma, former Trinamool Congress MP Mimi Chakraborty, Bengali actor Ankush Hazra, and the mother of model-actor Urvashi Rautela. According to official sources, the interim attachment order was issued on December 19, 2025.

Proceeds of Crime

The central agency suspects that the attached properties represent ‘proceeds of crime.’ These assets were allegedly generated through financial transactions and promotional agreements with a betting platform registered in Curaçao, a Caribbean island nation. The platform is currently under scrutiny for operating within India in violation of local gambling and financial laws.

The ED stated that the funds were routed through multiple channels to legitimise earnings derived from illegal betting activities. Officials confirmed that all the named individuals had been questioned earlier during the course of the investigation.

Breakdown of Attached Assets

Sources familiar with the investigation provided a breakdown of the attached assets linked to the celebrities:

Yuvraj Singh: Assets worth approximately ₹2.5 crore.

Urvashi Rautela’s mother: Assets worth ₹2.02 crore.

Neha Sharma: Assets worth ₹1.26 crore.

Sonu Sood: Assets worth ₹1 crore.

Mimi Chakraborty: Assets worth ₹59 lakh.

Ankush Hazra: Assets worth ₹47 lakh.

Robin Uthappa: Assets worth ₹8.26 lakh.

The agency clarified that the attachment of assets is a statutory step to prevent the dissipation of alleged proceeds during the investigation and does not strictly imply a determination of guilt at this stage. The matter will now face adjudication before the competent authority under the PMLA framework.

Wider Investigation

This development is part of a broader probe into the betting syndicate, where the total value of attached assets is estimated to exceed ₹1,000 crore. The investigation focuses heavily on financial trails, endorsement contracts, and the promotional ecosystem that allegedly helped the betting app gain legitimacy in the Indian market.

This is not the first time the ED has moved against celebrities in this specific case. In earlier actions, the agency attached assets worth ₹11.14 crore belonging to former cricketers Shikhar Dhawan and Suresh Raina. Officials have indicated that the probe remains active, and further actions may follow as investigators continue to examine beneficiary links and complex money trails.