Dehradun, June 25 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has attached 23 properties across Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh and Mumbai in connection with the multi-crore Loni Urban Multi-State Credit & Thrift Co-operative Society (LUCC) chit fund case, officials said on Thursday.

The agency said the case involves the alleged misappropriation of more than Rs.419 crore and the cheating of over 1.6 lakh depositors, with properties worth around Rs.25 crore attached so far. It identified several properties allegedly acquired by the accused using funds linked to the fraud during the course of the investigation.

Of the 23 properties attached so far, six in Uttarakhand were attached through orders issued by the competent authority under the Ban...