In re: National Spot Exchange Limited (NSEL) payment default investigation

Naresh Goyal, former Jet Airways promoter, was arrested in September 2025 in a money laundering case. As of September 2026, the CBI has not filed a chargesheet despite three years having passed since the FIR, and Goyal has sought discharge in an ED case.

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.

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.