Revenue Investigation Department (RID) Tuesday filed the cases of money laundering and tax evasion at the Kathmandu District Court against the international and local agents of Gold Quest, published reports said Wednesday.

The RID has demanded three years’ sentence to each agents and a total of 1.65 billion rupees to be collected from them. The indicted agents included a Filipino citizen, Donna Mario Glane Imson and an Indian citizen Tanbir Nizam.

Other indicted local agents included Raju Tilija, Indra Gurung, Krishna Maharjan and Rashmi Shrestha. Hong Kong-based international chairman and officials of Gold Quest are also indicted.

Gold Quest business, a kind of pyramid scheme, is banned in Nepal.