ED has discovered a network of CAs and hawala operators who laundered over Rs 10,000 crore of black money out of India. The investigation revealed Jitendra Pandey created 98 shell companies and 269 bank accounts to send funds to Singapore, Hong Kong, and Thailand, disguised as freight charges.
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