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TopicBank Fraud

Topic: Bank Fraud

7 yrs into probe, ED weighs plea seeking ‘fugitive economic offender’ status for Jatin Mehta’s wife & sons

Mehta family, living in London, is linked to a series of bank frauds. While CBI has filed 16 cases against Mehta, his wife Sonia & sons Suraj and Vishal face a dozen cases of 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 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 sharp selloff in Japanese bonds has a message for India’s budget

Although its overall GDP will soon be bigger than Japan’s, on a per-capita basis India is still 12 times poorer.

India’s looking at 14 million metric tonnes of e-waste by 2030, recycling can’t keep up—NITI Aayog

Country's used lithium-ion battery problem is also set to grow sharply in next decade. India 3rd largest e-waste producer with 7% global share but currently recycles only about 10% of it.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.