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Friday, January 9, 2026
TopicBank Fraud

Topic: Bank Fraud

Bail for DHFL’s Wadhawan brothers in bank fraud case after 5+ yrs. Why SC set aside Delhi HC’s refusal

The two have been in custody since April 2020 in connection with loans worth Rs 57,252 cr availed by DHFL from consortium of 17 banks. Other co-accused in related cases out on bail.

‘Intention to cheat’—bank’s case against Reliance Home Finance as CBI raids ex-director Jai Anmol Ambani

CBI has booked Anil Ambani’s son on Union Bank of India’s complaint against his finance firm that caused alleged loss of Rs 228 crore. Raids were conducted Tuesday.

One-time settlement doesn’t end cheating case, rules SC—in departure from its own proposal to Sandesaras

The order comes weeks after a separate bench proposed dropping all criminal charges against the billionaire Sandesara brothers, given that they deposited Rs 5,100 cr as settlement with defrauded banks.

Turning point in India’s 8-yr pursuit of Mehul Choksi as Belgian court orders fugitive’s extradition

Choksi can still appeal against extradition to higher court. India has guaranteed Choksi will be kept in humanitarian conditions at par with European human rights laws.

ED restores 354 flats, properties worth Rs 175 cr at Udaipur stalled project to buyers, earns SC praise

The restitution, after a settlement between the agency & the company embroiled in 2016 multi-crore bank fraud case, set to benefit over 200 buyers.

A Rs 33,000 cr ‘banking fraud’: ED’s case against Arvind Dham, Amtek’s web of ‘500 shell companies’

ED has accused Amtek promoter Arvind Dham of controlling web of nearly 500 shell companies operating as a layered structure, with up to 15 levels of indirect ownership, to divert funds.

Nirav Modi’s brother Nehal held in US on CBI, ED extradition requests; Justice Dept to oppose bail

Nehal Modi, an accused in Rs 13,000 cr PNB fraud case, allegedly directed and facilitated movement of funds, appointed dummy directors & told them to make false statements.

How Rajasthan bank employee ‘duped’ 41 villagers of Rs 4.5 cr over 3 yrs, to fuel ‘stock trading addiction’

Sakshi Gupta, 26, a relationship manager at ICICI Bank’s Kota branch, turned financial inexperience of her mostly elderly customers into personal opportunity. She's now in judicial custody.

ED arrests ex-chairman of Karnataka co-op bank in Rs 63 crore fraud case

According to ED, large-scale misappropriation of funds was orchestrated at the said branch, primarily by the branch manager, B Shobha, on the instructions of R M Manjunatha Gowda.

ED raids TN minister KN Nehru, his MP son in Rs 30 crore bank loan fraud case linked to family firm

Searches on at various places belonging to minister & his relatives in Chennai & Trichy. Real estate firm True Value Homes is in focus of ED action.

On Camera

Why Pinarayi Vijayan is going soft on an Ezhava leader’s anti-Muslim hate speech

Pinarayi Vijayan once called Vellappally Natesan, the general secretary of SNDP Yogam, Kerala’s Pravin Togadia. Now he is giving his hate speech a free pass.

500% tariffs ahead for India? Trump’s lined up a big bad Bill for countries buying Russian oil

Republican Senator Lindsey Graham says bill will be 'well-timed, as Ukraine is making concessions for peace and Putin is all talk, continuing to kill the innocent'.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.