ED arrests three founders of Gameskraft in fraud-linked money laundering case

ED has arrested three founders of the online gaming platform Gameskraft in connection with a fraud and money laundering investigation, officials informed. The founders - Deepak Singh, Prithvi Raj Singh and Vikas Taneja - have been taken into custody under the 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 transit remand was obtained for producing them before a Bengaluru jurisdictional court. Meanwhile, Taneja was arrested from Bengaluru and has been produced before a court.

PMLA case has been recorded against Gameskraft Technologies Ltd and other associated entities on the basis of multiple FIRs related to cheating, fraud etc.registered against the company.

The platform, as per ED officials, ran and owns various online real-money games like 'RummyCulture' , rummytime app etc.

There are multiple FIRs against the company related to suicide committed by victims

Yesterday I.e. on 07.05.2026 searches were carried out at 17 locations spread over Karnataka and NCR region related to Gamezkraft group companies and its founders and employees. Various incriminating documents have been seized during the search.

On the basis of material in possession it was found that the founders of the Gamezkraft group are guilty of offence of money laundering and therefore 3 founders namely Deepak Singh, Prithvi Raj Singh and Vikas Taneja have been arrested u/s 19 of PMLA on 08.05.2026.

Further investigation is under progress, ED officials informed.

In November last year, the agency froze eight bank accounts (escrow accounts for payout maintained with various banks) holding deposits worth ₹18.57 crore in the probe against Gameskraft.

(With inputs from agencies)