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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
TopicShell companies

Topic: shell companies

2 Kotak Mahindra ‘team leads’ held in Rs 14.20 lakh digital arrest case, bank says ‘not our employees’

Accused worked as team leads in bank's account opening dept, according to police. Police also arrested 'director' of a shell firm whose account was used to commit alleged fraud.

3 yrs after IPO, ED digs out Varanium Cloud’s ‘pump & dump scheme, 150 shell firms, 400 mule accounts’

ED claims to have busted racket of illegal diversion of public funds after the tech firm raised Rs 36.6 cr in IPO in 2022. Probe stems from FIRs against promoter Harshavardhan Sabale.

NewsClick FIR says Chinese phone-makers set up ‘thousands of shell companies in India to funnel funds’

'Illegally infused foreign funds used to cause disaffection against nation', according to Delhi Police FIR. NewsClick founder, others accused of providing legal aid to these firms.

‘Address proof’ demands go against PM’s push for work from home

A firm without a traditional office isn't necessarily a shell company. And so, verification of physical address can't be the policy instrument to check if the business is legitimate.

Mumbai forex firm in ED net for forging tickets, passports to justify Rs 700-cr gain

ED books Capstone Forex Private Limited for siphoning funds, after information about a 'sharp rise in revenue' brought it under suspicion.

Modi govt expects to deregister another 20,000 bogus companies by end of this year

The process of acquiring KYC details of companies is currently on, action will be taken against promoters if they fail test.

New notification on corporate layering will limit growth and disadvantage Indian companies

The government has chosen to carpet bomb domestic companies in its bid to crack down on money laundering instead of resorting to a surgical strike.

On Camera

BJP is blocking UDF from a landslide. How did Hindutva gain ground in Kerala?

It is curious to note that a section of the Hindu vote has seamlessly transferred between the BJP in the 2019 & 2024 Lok Sabha polls and the Left in the 2020 & 2025 local body polls.

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

UAE walks away from financing Rafale F5 due to restricted access to technology, reports French media

French newspaper La Tribune earlier last week indicated that UAE withdrew from deal to fund EUR 3.5 billion. India is looking to order 114 new Rafales, which could include the F5.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.