<h1>Massive Asset Seizure Exposes Widespread Recruitment Fraud in Education Sector Involving Over Rs 609 Crore Illegal Gains</h1> The Enforcement Directorate attached assets worth over Rs 609 crore related to three recruitment 'scams' in West Bengal involving school staff hiring. The investigations targeted multiple recruitment processes for teaching and non-teaching positions, involving alleged irregularities in hiring. Assets seized include land parcels, commercial spaces, flats, and villas associated with key middlemen. The Supreme Court previously scrapped recruitment panels after finding large-scale irregularities, with 25,753 staff losing their jobs.