Here’s a look at where it all started:
November 18, 2025: The ED conducted multiple searches in Delhi, Bengaluru, and Gurugram as part of a money laundering investigation against the parent companies of Winzo and Gameskraft and their promoters.
November 24, 2025: Thefederal probe agency froze collective deposits worth about Rs 523 crore of online gaming companies Winzo and Gameskraft under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
November 27, 2025: The ED arrested Winzo cofounders Paavan Nanda and Saumya Singh Rathore on money laundering charges.
December 2, 2025: The Winzo app and website had largely gone non-functional since December 2.
Users attempting to log in were met with a message stating that the app is “under maintenance due to a technical issue.” Company sources described the disruption as a “temporary outage.”
December 26, 2025: A Bengaluru sessions court granted bail to Saumya Singh Rathore, cofounder of Winzo. However, the court rejected the bail plea of the company’s other cofounder, Paavan Nanda, and allowed the agency to take him into custody for four days.
December 30, 2025: Another round of searches was conducted by the ED’s Bengaluru zonal office at the premises of an accounting firm associated with Winzo as part of a probe.
January 1, 2026: ED froze assets worth around Rs 192 crore after conducting search operations linked to the online real money gaming (RMG) platform.
January 23, 2026: The ED filed a prosecution complaint before a special court and attached Rs 1,194 crore in connection with the case.
February 18, 2026: The Bengaluru zonal office provisionally attached movable properties worth about $56 million (Rs 505 crore) held by Winzo in the bank accounts in the US and Singapore.
April 10, 2026: Karnataka HC warns ED of costs if the challenge to Nanda’s bail is ‘unnecessary,’ imposing Rs 1 lakh.
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