The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached assets worth ₹17.91 crore connected to a huge Ponzi scam by Pearlvine International, officials said on Friday, December 12, 2025. The attachment happened on December 10 through the ED's Shillong Sub-Zonal Office under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. It includes 13 immovable properties and 7 movable ones such as luxury cars allegedly bought from crime money. The probe follows an FIR filed by the Meghalaya Police’s CID based on a complaint by the Reserve Bank of India, Shillong. Pearlvine International, a fake US-based company, cheated investors across India from 2018 to March 2023. It charged a minimum membership fee of ₹2,250 and ran a Ponzi network. The operators held seminars nationwide promoting the scheme and once claimed over 80 lakh members in India and abroad in 2022. Investigators estimate the scam collected at least ₹1,575 crore, with ₹395.35 crore never returned to investors. Neeraj Kumar Gupta is the key accused. He bought the domain pearlvine.com in November 2015 and held seminars in India and Thailand. With this latest action, total assets attached by ED have reached ₹54.98 crore, including a previous ₹37.07 crore attachment. The investigation is ongoing.