50 verified cases involving Economic offences, newest first.
CBI filed its first chargesheet in an alleged Rs 75.34-crore CREST fund diversion case in Chandigarh, naming 13 accused including IDFC First Bank officials and CREST staff. Further investigation is underway with additional chargesheets likely to follow.
The Enforcement Directorate uncovered a pan-India organised network of cyber fraudsters operating digital arrest scams, affecting over 330 victims and resulting in losses exceeding Rs 400 crore. The network is subject to over 163 FIRs across 20 states and Union Territories.
A special court in Mumbai denied bail to a 59-year-old businessman, Shaikh Amirmiya, who is accused of laundering proceeds amounting to Rs 317 crore linked to an online scam.
A Delhi court has framed charges against RJD chief Lalu Yadav and his family members in connection with the land-for-jobs case, paving the way for trial.
The Supreme Court set aside a High Court order that had quashed a fraud case based on a compromise between the parties. The Court held that economic offences affect society at large and cannot be settled through private compromises.
Multiple cases are pending against AAP politician Satyendar Jain involving CCTV project tenders, sewage tenders, and money laundering investigations. The Enforcement Directorate filed a chargesheet in 2025 against Jain and 13 others, with four additional cases filed by different agencies.
The CBI conducted coordinated searches at 80 locations across 16 states and Union Territories as part of a crackdown on cybercriminal networks involved in digital arrest scams. Two arrests were made during the operation. The investigation targets organized fraud schemes that have victimized hundreds of people across India.
CBI chargesheeted 33 accused in a cyber fraud case involving a Delhi executive defrauded of Rs 50 lakh. The scheme used fake 'digital arrest' claims to extort money. The accused include proprietors of dummy firms, technical handlers, and money mules who routed funds.
Actor Jacqueline Fernandez is accused by the Enforcement Directorate of receiving luxury gifts worth approximately ₹7 crore from alleged conman Sukesh Chandrashekhar, who is accused of posing as a government official to defraud a businesswoman of ₹200 crore. Fernandez withdrew her Supreme Court plea against trial proceedings on June 25, 2026. Charges have been framed against her under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The Delhi High Court held that quashing of a predicate offence on the basis of compromise does not automatically extinguish PMLA proceedings. The Court clarified that a PMLA case can only be erased if the predicate offence is quashed on merits with a judicial finding that the offence never occurred, which would eliminate the foundation of the money laundering case.
Robert Vadra, businessman and husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, is accused in a money laundering case related to an alleged fraudulent land transaction in Shikohpur village, Gurugram, Haryana in 2008. The Enforcement Directorate alleges he received Rs 58 crore as proceeds of crime from the 3.53-acre land deal. A chargesheet has been filed, and a Delhi court has summoned Vadra and eight others to appear.
Zoya Khan, the wife of incarcerated gangster Hashim Baba, has been arrested and booked under MCOCA for allegedly laundering the proceeds of crime and managing the gang's operations from outside Tihar Jail.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) before Rouse Avenue Courts, Delhi, naming Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Sam Pitroda, Suman Dubey, and others, alleging laundering of proceeds of crime derived from the alleged fraudulent takeover of Associated Journals Limited (AJL) properties worth over ₹2,000 crore by Young Indian Pvt. Ltd. Special Judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Courts declined to take cognizance of the complaint in December 2025, holding it was not maintainable, while permitting the ED to continue its probe. The ED has challenged this order before the Delhi High Court, which issued notice to the accused on 22 December 2025. All persons named remain accused and are presumed innocent unless a court judgment holds otherwise.
CBI arrested IAS officer Pankaj Agarwal in connection with an alleged Rs 657-crore fraud involving IDFC First Bank. Chargesheets have been filed against five bankers, one CSCL official, and one private individual. The case involves suspected financial misconduct at multiple levels.
The Supreme Court rejected a plea by former IAS officer Pradeep Sharma seeking to quash proceedings in a money laundering case. The court emphasized that economic offences should generally proceed to trial rather than being quashed at an early stage.
The Coal Block Allocation cases, originating from the Supreme Court's 2014 judgment in Manohar Lal Sharma v. Principal Secretary (W.P.(Crl.) 120/2012), concern alleged irregularities in the allocation of coal blocks between 1993 and 2011 under the 'Government Dispensation' route, which the Supreme Court declared arbitrary and illegal. CBI has prosecuted numerous accused — including former Ministry of Coal officials and private companies — before Special Courts in Delhi — the Directorate of Enforcement has simultaneously pursued PMLA cases. As of 2025–2026, trials remain ongoing before Special Courts in Delhi (Rouse Avenue Courts), the Supreme Court continues to supervise and reconstitute benches for batch SLP hearings, the Delhi High Court has ruled on key PMLA questions, and individual sub-cases have seen both acquittals and discharges. All accused persons are presumed innocent unless a court has delivered a final conviction.
The Delhi High Court quashed the criminal proceedings initiated by the Enforcement Directorate and Delhi Police against NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha. The court characterized the initiation of these cases as an abuse of the process of law.
A Bengaluru hacker was arrested in 2020 for hacking-related offences and continued alleged illegal activities. The ED filed a chargesheet against him and others in connection with a ₹288 crore money laundering probe involving cryptocurrency. Bail was denied based on ED evidence of the substantial money trail.
The Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police is investigating allegations of forgery and fraud against Emaar India Limited. Summons were issued to the company's managing director and senior officials for questioning regarding the matter.
The Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police has summoned BharatPe co-founder Ashneer Grover and his wife Madhuri Jain for questioning. The investigation pertains to an alleged fraud involving Rs 81 crore at the company.