ED arrests Gameskraft co-founders for alleged money laundering
08 May 2026, 06:19 PMThe case is linked to alleged illegal gains made through Gameskraft's real-money gaming apps, including RummyCulture and RummyTime.
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The Enforcement Directorate has arrested the three co-founders of online gaming firm Gameskraft in connection with an alleged money laundering case, the Press Trust of India reported.
Deepak Singh, Prithvi Raj Singh, and Vikas Taneja were taken into custody under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The arrests followed raids at multiple locations across Delhi-NCR and Karnataka.
The case is linked to alleged illegal gains made through Gameskraft's real-money gaming apps, including RummyCulture and RummyTime. Investigators had earlier frozen around Rs 18.57 crore in escrow accounts tied to the matter.
Gameskraft was founded in 2017 and is based in Bengaluru. The company operates skill-based gaming platforms built around rummy and other casual games.
The arrests come at a time when India's online gaming industry is facing growing pressure from tax and enforcement authorities. Several platforms have come under the scanner in recent months over alleged violations related to GST, foreign exchange rules, and money laundering.
Recently, RUGR Fintech, a venture backed company that has actor Hrithik Roshan as its brand ambassador, was among the three fintech and tech firms that came under the scanner of the Hyderabad unit of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI).
Earlier in February, Fino Payments Bank CEO Rishi Gupta was arrested. Gupta was granted bail later in March after his writ petition challenging his arrest was rejected by the Telangana High Court.
The Head and Tale had exclusively reported that Gupta's arrest connected to an ongoing DGGI investigation into Wegofin Digital Solutions, technology service provider (TSP), and a Rs 5,000 crore illegal gaming-fintech network it is alleged to be part of.
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