WinZO Games Directors Arrested: On Wednesday evening, the ED arrested both the directors of WinZO games. This incident took place following the raids on WinZO and other companies. That’s because they were still involved in real money games despite the blanket ban on them by the central government.
Saumya Singh Rathore and Paavan Nanda, the two Directors of WinZO Games, have been arrested from their Bangaluru office by ED Sleuths. They have serious charges of online money laundering against them. All this, even after the Promotion and Regulation Of Online Gaming Act 2025 came into effect.
Why Have WinZO Games Directors been Arrested?
On the complaints of multiple users of WinZO platform, the ED raided the company’s offices. The raids took place in Delhi, Bangaluru, and Gurugram locations. In the complaint, the users have alleged that the company is not allowing all the winning players to withdraw their prize money.
Apart from this, the major problem arose when it was revealed that WinZO used to let players play against AI contenders who were undefeatable. So, after luring people into investing money on their gaming platform and earning double the amount, WinZO was disguised as a fraud platform.
On Wednesday, the 26th November 2025, ED raidied WinZO’s offices. ED then arrested the directors of the company from their Bangaluru office. The major cause of their arrest is using algorithms to deceive and defeat their online players in the games on their platforms. The algorithms make sure the person will be defeated and hence lose money. This will ultimately be the biggest gain of the accused company.
According to the ED officials, there have been four different FIRs registered against the WinZo company’s directors at four different locations. These locations are Delhi, Bangaluru, Gurugram, and Rajasthan.
The current status of the case
After the arrest, the accused were produced before the special court for the prevention of the money laundering Act. According to the sources, on Thursday, 27th November, the two accused have been placed in 10 days of police custody. However, the public prosecutor of the case, Mr. Madhu N Rao, has demanded a minimum of 14 days of custody of the two accused on behalf of the ED.
The real money gaming at WinZO was live before the Gaming Act came into existence. But the directors have been arrested on charges of scamming people. The same reason why this Act was introduced.
This fraud was being carried out from May 2024 till August 2025. But during the investigation, it was discovered that the total amount the company made by scamming people was around 177 crores. This money was then transferred to the subsidiary companies of WinZO Games that were based in the US and Singapore.
The entire case is taking a shocking turn of events, with multiple people complaining the same thing about the company. For more details related to this story, stay tuned to mgcbuzz.com.
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