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ED SUMMONS GOOGLE, META AS PART OF ILLEGAL BETTING PROBE
Hindustan Times Delhi
|July 20, 2025
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has issued summons to the representatives of tech giants Google and Meta in its money laundering probe into illegal online betting platforms which use multiple platforms for surrogate advertisements, people familiar with the development said on Saturday.
Without divulging any names, an ED officer aware of the details said that executives of both companies have been asked to appear before it on July 21 and record their statements as part of its case registered under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The federal agency is also learnt to have sought some records from both the companies. HT reached out to Meta and Google for a comment, but did not receive a response till the time of publishing.
This story is from the July 20, 2025 edition of Hindustan Times Delhi.
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