India, Oct. 18 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached cryptocurrency worth Rs.2,385 crore lying in around 100 crypto wallets beneficially owned by Russian national Pavel Prozorov, as part of its money-laundering investigation into the unauthorised operations of forex-trading platform OctaFX.

Prozorov, named the mastermind behind OctaFX's operations in two ED charge sheets filed in the case last year, was recently arrested by the police in Spain for his alleged involvement in cybercrimes affecting multiple countries, including India, ED officials said on Friday.

The Rs.2,385-crore attachment is the largest such action undertaken by the agency against an accused located abroad, said an ED official, requesting anony...