5. Madhu Koda: The ex-chief minster was a poor tribal from Jharkhand who rose to become a millionaire with interests in mining in faraway places like African countries. Madu Koda is charged with possessing assets worth Rs. 4000 crore by the Enforcement Directorate, which to every one's surprise was one fifth of the amount of the annual budget of Jharkhand. It was also alleged that 30 per cent of the share of this loot money went to the Maoists. His money laundering scam was noted as one of the largest exposed scams of the year 2009.
His two very close associates, Binod Sinha and Sanjay Chowdhary were also on the hit list of the I-T dept and Enforcement Directorate. Chowdhary managed to run away to Dubai and Sinha was sent to jail. Five currency counting machines were found at Koda's residence which indicated the amount of money he owned. He expanded his business horizons by buying hotels and properties overseas in countries like Thailand, Liberia, Dubai, Indonesia and Malaysia.
