KOCHI: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached the properties of actress and Bigg Boss star Dhanya Mary Varghese. The ED had attached 13 properties of the actress and her family in Thiruvananthapuram following the flat fraud case. The action was taken on properties worth Rs 1.5 crore in Pattam and Karakulam. The land belongs to Dhanya's husband and actor John's father Jacob.

Dhanya and John were arrested by the police years ago in connection with the Rs 100 crore apartment fraud case. The two were taken into custody by the police in connection with the Samson & Sons apartment fraud case. John is the director of Samson & Sons Builders. Dhanya is the head of the company's marketing department. Apart from the two, John's brother Samuel was also arrested by the police. Samson & Sons Builders was one of the biggest apartment fraud cases reported in Thiruvananthapuram. Money was taken from many people, including foreign Malayalees, on the pretext of constructing apartments but no apartments were built.