The troubles of online real money gaming platform WinZO Games are increasing. ED’s Bengaluru team arrested company directors Pavan Nanda and Soumya Singh Rathore on 26 November 2025 on charges of money laundering. Both were presented in the City Sessions Court of Bengaluru on 27 November. Where the court sent him to ED custody for 10 days.
raids on offices and homes
In fact, last week ED had raided WinZO’s office and Soumya Singh Rathore’s house. This action was taken on the basis of those FIRs in which the company was accused of cheating, blocking accounts of users, wrongly using PAN.
Big revelations in ED investigation
Many big revelations were made in the ED investigation, WinZO is accused that the company used to make people play real money games with software/algorithms instead of real players. That means the users did not know that they were playing not with humans but with a computer program. The company had banned the withdrawal of money lying in the wallets of many users.
Made crime income of Rs 500 crore
Through similar methods the company generated proceeds of crime worth approximately Rs 505 crore. That means money earned through crime which has been frozen by ED. This amount is in the form of bank balance, bonds, FDR and mutual funds. During investigation, ED found out that WinZO was running real money gaming from India in countries like Brazil, America, Germany, while the Indian government has banned RMGs.
The company used to provide games in the country and abroad from a single app.
The company used to run games both in India and abroad from the same app and the same platform. According to ED investigation, WinZO sent the Indian company’s money to USA and Singapore in the name of overseas investment. Winzo US Inc. 55 million USD (about Rs 489.90 crore) was found deposited in the American bank account of the company named.
According to ED, this company is a shell company, because all its operations are run from India only. ED is now thoroughly investigating the money flow and foreign transactions. Interrogation of both the accused is going on and the agency has clearly said that more revelations can be made in the next few days.