<h1>Asset restitution under PMLA advances recovery for PACL investors after attachment of properties in alleged investment fraud.</h1> Assets worth more than Rs 15,000 crore have been restored under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act to a Supreme Court-appointed committee for distribution to investors allegedly defrauded in the PACL collective investment scheme. A special PMLA court ordered restitution of 455 immovable properties to the Justice Lodha Committee, reflecting the statutory remedy of restoration of attached assets to victims of fraud and proceeds of crime. The ED's action is part of an investigation into allegations of an illegal collective investment scheme and the attachment of properties held by PACL entities, family members and associates.