India, Oct. 26 -- The Enforcement Directorate (ED) 's Panaji unit arrested Mumbai-based advocate Rashesh Bharatkumar Upadhyay alias Rashesh Shah on Saturday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, as he tried to board a flight to Delhi from Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai.

An ED team, backed by Customs and CISF personnel, intercepted him at a boarding gate. They flew him to Panaji and produced him before a special PMLA court, which remanded him to ED custody until October 29. The arrest is the seventh in the case.

Investigators describe Upadhyay as a key node in a pan-India laundering network that processed proceeds of large-scale cyber fraud, including digital arrest scams. He allegedly arra...