ED reaches out to earn Rs 23 crore, catches studio: Couple gets idea from Russia, earns up to Rs 5 lakh per hour

Shooting adult content in Noida touching Delhi. Then live streaming it on two websites with the help of a Cyprus company. Earnings ranging from Rs 50,000 to Rs 5 lakh in an hour, but its source is not adult video content, but things like ad and market research on social media. These irregularities and earnings of Rs 23 crore caught the attention of the Enforcement Directorate (ED). On March 28, the ED raided a plush bungalow in Noida's Sector 105. It was then revealed that they were making crores of rupees from pornographic content on pornographic websites. This bungalow in Noida belongs to a doctor in Delhi. A couple has been renting it out for the past few years. The husband and wife were using it to create pornographic content. The probe agency has found that the models were called here at night in a car fitted with black film. A studio was built on the first floor of the haveli. The content for adults was shot using a multi-camera. The couple came up with the idea after watching the adult content live streaming market in Russia. Dainik Bhaskar spoke to people around the bungalow and sources in ED and understood how this network of adult content is running. Rs 23 crore transferred to Cyprus-Netherlands account During the RAID at house number C-234 in Noida's Sector 105, the director couple and 3 models were found. A studio was found in the large room of the 3 storey house. It had high quality cameras installed in it. Special lighting arrangements were made. There were special chairs and beds. The models were made by sitting on it and the footage was shot using a multi-cam. Many such information has come to light in the official statement of ED. The ED conducted the raids under SECTION 132 of FEMA and Income Tax Act. Here the director couple of Sabdiji Ventures Private Limited were found who were making pornographic content. The funds have come to his bank account from Technius Limited, a Cyprus-based company. Records show that the source of this funding was the payments received for advertisements on social media, market research and public opinion voting. Investigations revealed that the money was received from a Cyprus company in exchange for adult material. The company makes money by live streaming content for adults on two websites Xhmster and Stripchat. A part of it was sent to both the directors. When ED came out with details of the money transaction, his link was found to be from a website. After this, while investigating the computer and online system through which the videos were sent to Cyprus, information about Noida was found. After this, the ED team raided the bungalow. Ed's investigation has found online transactions worth Rs 15.6 crore in the companies and various accounts of the two directors. Apart from this, a bank account has also been found in the Netherlands. The Cyprus company has also deposited about Rs 7 crore in that foreign bank account in the name of the director. The couple has withdrawn cash from their Netherlands bank account in India. An international debit card was used for this. The director couple accounted for nearly 75% of the earnings from live streaming of adult content. 25% of the amount was spent on video editing, rent, food and models. Ed has also recovered Rs 8 lakh in cash from them. The ED is currently interrogating the accused. ED has officially only provided information about their company. The names of the accused have not been disclosed. However, the company registration shows that the two directors of the company are Ujjwal Kishore and Neelu Srivastava. This is an IT company. Its registration is in Dwarka Sector-5, Delhi. The source revealed that the bright teenager was earlier associated with the business of live streaming adult content in Russia. From there, he also got information about Cyprus company Technius Limited. The company is live streaming video content. The technology department looks into how to ensure there is no disruption to live streaming, how to keep the audience engaged in as much real time as possible and how to generate maximum revenue from it. The Cyprus company is also associated with the IT sector. So, the director couple were live streaming adult content shot with different models on a website with the help of a company in Cyprus. With the lure of earning 1-3 lakh rupees a month, hiring models online While investigating the case, we reached the haveli. The door of the plush haveli in the VIP area was locked. A car was parked in front of the gate. On the other hand, a generator set was installed. Here we met Sumit Bhati who lives a short distance away. "After the ED raid, we came to know that dirty work was going on in the bungalow. There was mostly activity at night here. The people living in the haveli did not talk much to the people around them. We have only seen people coming and going from here. We then met Deepak Sharma, president of the Resident Welfare Association (RWA) in the area. We came to know from him that this bungalow is dr. It is in the name of Alok Kumar Agarwal. He lives in Sarita Vihar in Delhi. There is no name of the people living in this bungalow for the last 5 years in the RWA records. Deepak says that after talking to people close to him he came to know that the girls used to come there at night. People living in the haveli have not spoken to anyone around for so many years. Security guards and supervisors of the society said only the numbers of people arriving by taxi were recorded. The details of the car with a private number were not taken. Deepak adds, "People associated with security said that people coming to the bungalow often came in cars with black film on them. Vehicles usually come only at night. Calling models by giving ads on social media and websites Sources in ED said the couple used to contact girls only through online medium. He used to audition girls for webcam modelling through Echato.com on Facebook. He was lured with the promise of earning Rs 1 to 3 lakh per month. The girls were shown the shooting and studio of content for adults. He was told that the material would not be shown in India but abroad. In this way, when the girl was ready, her video was shot. 3 girls were also found during the RAID of ED, whose statements have been recorded. In different categories, the money was paid for video shoots, the more nudity, the more money The models were supposed to shoot videos in different ways. The more mature the work, the more money you will get. The model was also supposed to give live audio along with the video. Initially, the girl is seen wearing a mask or hiding her face in front of the camera. Any live video of 15 to 30 seconds is free. After this, a token has to be taken for the video every minute. Different token rates for general, private and exclusive private First of all, any model comes in normal video, so that it can prepare the online customer to come across a private video chat. Here, at times, he even shows his whole face. Many times he even hides his face. After a few seconds of free streaming, a token is asked to access a private video chat. Similarly, if someone wanted to see the model naked or do other activities, he had to come to the exclusive private video chat room. If the price of a normal video chat is 8 tokens per minute, then for the private, 20 tokens are asked for and for the special, up to 40 tokens per minute are asked. How payments are made... The price of 1 token in virtual currency is Rs 12, up to Rs 5760 for 1 hour For watching a video on the website, 40 tokens cost Rs 470 and 80 tokens cost Rs 940. Websites like StripChat have set prices and timings for watching adult video content shows. The minimum price is 8 tokens per minute, but the video must be viewed for at least 8 minutes. That is, 64 tokens will be required for 8 minutes, which costs about Rs 768. If you want to see the model in a specific private chat, you will have to submit tokens for at least 1 hour. In this way, it will have to spend around Rs 5,760 for 1 hour. These payments will have to be made online through credit card, UPI or bitcoin. Now each video is watched live by 10 people at a time or more than 100 people late at night. That is, you can estimate the earnings from that model's video in just one hour. It ranges from Rs 50,000 to Rs 5 lakh. The content creator gets only 60-70% of the earnings The virtual token we are talking about using to make money by watching videos goes to the website on which adult content is live streamed. Suppose a model's video earned 1 lakh rupees in 1 hour. Then this website transfers only 60-70 thousand rupees to the account of the creator who uploads the video. That is, he gets only 60-70% of 1 lakh rupees. Even the Noida director couple have not uploaded this video directly from their account. They used to get it done through online platforms in Cyprus and other countries. Then, after giving shares to those companies, they used to transfer money to their accounts in exchange for works such as IT services and public relations. The company was registered in Dwarka, Delhi, but the shooting took place in Noida. We also checked the car and company of the accused director couple parked in front of the bungalow. The registration of Sabdiji Ventures Private Limited company revealed that its address is in Dwarka Sector-5, Delhi. However, the company's work was going on in Sector-105 of Noida. Similarly, details of the car found in front of the bungalow were also obtained. It was later revealed that the car was registered in the name of Sabdiji Ventures. His address is next to C-283, New Ashok Nagar, Delhi, Noida. That is, the two couples were running a network of adult content by running the company through different addresses.