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TopicBank Fraud

Topic: Bank Fraud

Mumbai BJP leader booked for Rs 57 crore bank fraud, CBI probe uncovers Bollywood connect

After availing credit limits from bank, a company owned by BJP leader Mohit Kamboj allegedly diverted funds through a web of companies and fabricated documents.

Business tycoon Vijay Mallya appeals against UK court’s extradition order

Vijay Mallya also claimed that ED, CBI have treated him 'unreasonably' and also offered to repay banks 100 per cent of the principal amount owed to them.

CBI raids 169 locations in 35 public sector bank fraud cases involving Rs 7,000 crore

The cases pertain to SBI, PNB, Andhra Bank, OBC, IOB, Allahabad Bank, Canara Bank, Dena Bank, Punjab and Sind Bank and Bank of India among other banks, CBI said.

CBI books Ratul Puri in Rs 354 crore bank fraud case

Ratul Puri's father Deepak Puri & mother Nita Puri have also been booked for alleged criminal conspiracy, cheating, forgery & corruption.

ED moves court against Sterling Biotech promoters in Rs 8,100-cr bank loan fraud

ED files plea before a special court calling for Sterling Biotech group promoters to be declared as fugitives.

ED files 5th chargesheet in Sandesara fraud but no mention of CBI No. 2 Asthana so far

Rakesh Asthana’s name appeared in the Sterling Biotech diaries seized in 2011, but it has not been mentioned in five prosecution complaints filed so far.

Nirav Modi needn’t worry. ED has a terrible record nailing money laundering

Under money laundering Act, Enforcement Directorate has 3 convictions in 13 years — involving amounts from Rs 4 crore to Rs 3 lakh. 

After Mallya, Lalit & Nirav Modi, new billionaires on fugitive row — Sandesaras of Gujarat

ED, CBI booked the Sandesaras in a Rs 5,000-crore bank fraud case, which is also linked to a CBI turf war involving two top officers.

A 2016 affidavit filed in Gujarat HC had warned about Mehul Choksi’s escape from India

The affidavit says Choksi is a "most intelligent and powerful influential identity and has hired a whole legal team for the purpose of doing systematic fraud".

Scandals, bad debts at Indian banks threaten economic outlook

India’s nearly $1.7 trillion formal banking sector is coping with $210 billion of problem loans, and some regional banks have been ensnared in fraud scandals.

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?