Special Court Takes Cognizance of ED’s PMLA Case Against Yogesh Kumar Tiwari

Background

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Allahabad Sub-Zonal Office, has informed that the Special Court (CBI), West, Lucknow, has taken cognizance on January 21, 2026, of a Prosecution Complaint (PC) filed under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA) against Yogesh Kumar Tiwari. The Prosecution Complaint was filed by the ED on September 29, 2025.

The ED initiated its investigation on the basis of an FIR registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police at Police Station Jhunsi, Prayagraj, under various provisions of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, including offences of cheating, forgery, criminal breach of trust and criminal intimidation. The case relates to an alleged scheme in which the accused fraudulently induced the complainant to transfer multiple immovable properties on false assurances of development projects and future financial benefits.

According to the ED, Tiwari falsely projected himself as a well-established businessman and property dealer with strong connections to builders and bureaucrats, and fraudulently acquired five immovable properties without making due payment. Three of these properties were later sold to third parties, and the sale proceeds were allegedly siphoned off for personal use.

The ED has identified Proceeds of Crime of approximately Rs. 1.41 crore in the case and has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs. 78 lakh through an order dated November 8, 2024, which was later confirmed by the PMLA Adjudicating Authority.

The agency has stated that offences under Section 3 of the PMLA, punishable under Section 4, are made out against the accused.