The Enforcement Directorate on Monday cautioned the public against "impersonation" of its summons or letters by unscrupulous elements to extort money, even as it asked victims to contact the federal probe agency in case of trouble.
In a statement, the agency said such fake communications have been brought to its notice and accordingly, FIRs have been registered.
"The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) shall continue to take impacting action against unscrupulous imposters who attempt to impersonate ED officers and indulge in making fake correspondences with general public with ulterior motive to extract money," the statement read.
The agency said it has come to notice that certain unscrupulous people have been sending fake communications on behalf of ED to private parties in the form of summons or letters with "synonymous or anonymous identity."
"On receipt of complaints of such nature, ED takes swift action by approaching local police authorities and file complaints and FIRs," it ...
