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The Enforcement Directorate has attached proceeds of transgression worthy ₹4,189.89 crore successful crypto-related cases nether the anti-money laundering instrumentality and declared 1 accused arsenic a Fugitive Economic Offender (FEOs), Parliament was informed connected Monday (December 8, 2025).
Besides, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has besides detected undisclosed income of ₹888.82 crore from virtual integer assets (VDA) transactions during hunt and seizure operations.
The CBDT has sent 44,057 communications to taxpayers who invested oregon traded successful VDAs but did not study these successful Schedule VDA of their Income Tax Returns (ITRs), Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said successful a written reply to a question successful the Lok Sabha.
The authorities has besides brought VDAs nether the Prevention of Money Laundering (PMLA).
"The Enforcement Directorate has investigated respective crypto-related cases nether PMLA, attaching/seizing/freezing proceeds of transgression worthy ₹4,189.89 crore, arresting 29 persons, and filing 22 prosecution complaints. One accused has been declared a Fugitive Economic Offender," Mr. Chaudhary said.
He said crypto-assets and Virtual Digital Assets are unregulated successful India, and the authorities is undertaking capacity-building initiatives to fortify monitoring and probe of VDA-related transactions.
As crypto assets are inherently borderless, they necessitate beardown planetary coordination to forestall regulatory arbitrage.
"Therefore, immoderate regulatory model for crypto assets tin beryllium effectual lone with important planetary collaboration connected the valuation of the risks and benefits and the valuation of communal taxonomy and standards," Mr. Chaudhary said.
