<h1>Congress MLA held in ED custody under PMLA over alleged offshore casino, shell company money laundering network</h1> A Karnataka Congress MLA has been remanded to Enforcement Directorate custody until August 28 in a Prevention of Money Laundering Act probe into alleged illegal online and offline betting operations. The ED alleges the legislator managed multiple casinos and shell companies, including offshore operations in Sri Lanka, Nepal and Georgia, to launder proceeds by showing card payments and settling accounts with funds diverted from cyber fraud. Searches recovered computer records linking offshore businesses and documents about attempted casino purchases and acquisition of luxury SUVs; the agency will interrogate the MLA and scrutinize associated financial transactions.