Times of Islamabad

Money laundering scam: FIA conducts an important high profile raid in Karachi

Money laundering scam: FIA conducts an important high profile raid in Karachi

KARACHI – The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has made a key raid overthe deputy chairman Senate brother’s company in Karachi.

As per media report, FIA raided office of filmmaking company MandviwallaEntertainment in Karachi. The raid was conducted on reports of fakeinvoices, and laundering of money abroad through hundi and hawala by theMandviwalla entertainment.

Officials added that the company imports equipment pertaining to filmmakingand cinemas and it laundered Rs128 million abroad through hundi.

A spokesman for the filmmaking company confirmed that the FIA raided itsoffice, however, denied reports of the arrest of Nadeem Mandviwalla,managing director of the company and brother of deputy chairman Senate.

The FIA also took a staffer into custody who was allowed to go afterquestioning, the spokesman said in a statement. FIA Officials took alongimportant documents from the office.