Provisional attachment of officials' properties sustained where evidence linked them to diverted proceeds of unlawful investment schemes.

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....Provisional attachment of properties held by company officials was sustained where they were found to have actively assisted directors in promoting unlawful preference-share schemes, mobilising public investments and diverting proceeds of the scheduled offence. Recorded statements and charge-sheet material linked the officials to the acquisition of properties in their names. Their claim that the properties were purchased solely from salary and incentives was rejected because the attached value was substantially lower than amounts received from the company. The attachment remains subject to the final outcome of the criminal proceedings.....