The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached immovable properties worth Rs 11.82 crore belonging to Estevan D’Souza, Moses Fernandes, and Samir Korgaonkar in connection with a money laundering case related to illegal land grabbing in Goa. The attachment was carried out under the sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
The ED’s investigation revealed that the accused individuals, with the aim of unlawfully acquiring land, targeted properties where the actual owner had died without a legal heir or an heir who lived outside India.
Using forgery and impersonation, they executed sale deeds or irreversible power of attorney in their names, illegally taking possession of the properties. The ED case is based on FIRs filed by Porvorim police station and the Economic Offence Cell (EOC), Goa, regarding land grabbing through impersonation and cheating.