{"id":777016437,"date":"2024-06-14T09:13:07","date_gmt":"2024-06-14T12:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=777016437"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:07:36","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T12:07:36","slug":"indian-talent-agencies-raided-in-connection-with-illegal-betting-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indian-talent-agencies-raided-in-connection-with-illegal-betting-app","title":{"rendered":"Indian talent agencies raided in connection with illegal betting app"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Enforcement Directorate has carried out several raids in Mumbai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>India.-<strong> The Enforcement Directorate (ED)<\/strong> has conducted raids in Mumbai in connection to an illegal betting app called Fairplay that broadcasts Indian Premier League (IPL) matches and allows online betting. The raids included some talent management agencies, which had enlisted Bollywood celebrities to promote the app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Actors had encouraged audiences to watch IPL matches on the Fairplay app. Authorities seized cash, bank fund details, Demat accounts, and luxury watches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-8-arrested-for-alleged-cricket-betting-2\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">India: 8 arrested for alleged cricket betting<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Viacom 18<\/strong>, the official broadcaster of the IPL, had filed a case against the app promoters and actors for promoting the app on social media citing a revenue loss of more than Rs 100 crore. The Fairplay app is affiliated with the Mahadev Book network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Last September, the Enforcement Directorate (ED)&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/india-authorities-raid-offices-of-celebrity-managers-in-mahadev-book-investigation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">raided the offices of celebrity managers<\/a>&nbsp;in Mumbai and Delhi as part of a money laundering investigation related to the wedding of Sourabh Chandrakar, owner of the Mahadev app.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>See also:<\/strong> <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/indian-actress-under-investigation-for-allegedly-promoting-app-related-to-mahadev\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indian actress under investigation for allegedly promoting app related to Mahadev<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Enforcement Directorate has carried out several raids in Mumbai.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":16308,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"The Enforcement Directorate has conducted raids in Mumbai targeting the illegal betting app Fairplay, which broadcasted IPL matches and facilitated online wagering. These operations also involved talent management agencies and Bollywood celebrities who promoted the app, leading to asset seizures and a case filed by official broadcaster Viacom18 for significant revenue loss. The Fairplay app is linked to the Mahadev Book network, which is under a broader money laundering investigation.","focusai_entities":"Enforcement Directorate (ED), Fairplay, Indian Premier League (IPL), Bollywood celebrities, Viacom18, Mahadev Book, Sourabh Chandrakar","focusai_location":"Mumbai, India, Delhi","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (1.0), compliance_legal (1.0), operator_casino (0.9), affiliate_publisher (0.7), marketing_crm (0.8), payments_fraud_aml (0.9), investor_analyst (0.9), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"ED's Enforcement Strategy?","query":"What specific governance frameworks and inter-agency collaborations are being leveraged by the Enforcement Directorate to combat the proliferation of illegal iGaming operations in India?"},{"label":"Celebrity Endorsement Risks?","query":"How will this enforcement action impact the due diligence processes for celebrity endorsements within the iGaming sector, particularly concerning regulatory compliance and brand risk management?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[439,16334],"tags":[20326],"class_list":["post-777016437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-legal-news","category-south-asia-news","tag-illegal-gambling"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016437","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=777016437"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777016454,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/777016437\/revisions\/777016454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16308"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=777016437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=777016437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=777016437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}