CHENNAI: The enforcement directorate has seized assets worth Rs194 crore from a Chennai-based private company under Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA), 1999.
The central agency said that the action was taken in the matter of offshore payments illegally received by GI Retail Private Limited, and beneficially held by Ramu A Ramasamy, Palaniyapan A Ramasamy and their family members.
Investigations revealed that GI Retail received a payment of Rs194 crore over and above the said sale consideration through fictitious entities associated with them in UAE, the release added.