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Flipkart, Amazon Executives To Be Summoned Over Alleged Forex Violations: Report
India's financial crime agency will summon Flipkart and Amazon executives as it steps up an investigation into alleged foreign investment law violations, days after raiding some of the e-commerce firms' sellers, a government source told Reuters.
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Brazil to Unveil Second Phase of Crypto Rules by End of 2024: Report
Without disclosing too many details about the ‘internal planning’, Brazil’s Apex bank has confirmed that laws to monitor the use of stablecoins and the role they can play in foreign exchange settlements and other payments are in the pipeline this year.
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Binance CEO Richard Teng Summoned in Nigeria Over Money Laundering Suspicions: Report
Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes has reportedly summoned Teng on suspicions of the exchange’s potential involvement in money laundering and terror financing. The deadline for this meeting was supposed to be March 4, but news about this meeting having taken place hasn't yet come to light.
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Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma Said to Be in Talks With RBI Over Regulatory Concerns
Paytm Chief Executive Vijay Shekhar Sharma met the Indian central bank on Monday to discuss plans to address regulatory concerns, two sources with direct knowledge of the talks said on Tuesday, days after the regulator imposed curbs on its banking affiliate.
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CoinDCX Hatches a Million Dollar Plan to Reap Advantages of India’s Crackdown on Foreign Exchanges
CoinDCX, that claims to have seen a 2,000 percent hike in crypto desposits in the last few days, has decided to offer one percent bonus to all investors who make deposits on the exchange between January 9 and January 17, 2024.
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India’s Crypto Action Awaits Analysis on Nation-Specific Characters and Risks: Finance Ministry
For India, the deployment of final crypto laws could still be at least 18 months away. Pankaj Chaudhary, Minister of State for Finance, this week told the Rajya Sabha that India is currently laying focus on assessing the impacts and risks that crypto could pose on its existing financial systems.
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Jet Airways Founder Naresh Goyal's Property Searched In Forex Case
The properties of Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal and his associates' were searched by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a case linked to alleged foreign exchange law violation.
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Indian Online Gaming Firms Planning to Relocate Could Violate Laws: Official
Indian online gaming firms planning to relocate overseas to avoid a new 28 percent tax on the sector run the risk of violating the country's foreign exchange laws, Vivek Johri, head of the indirect taxes' department, said on Thursday. New Delhi does not plan to implement the tax retrospectively, he said, in response to speculation it could do so.
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Byju CEO Assures Compliance Over Suspected Breaches of Forex Laws in Internal Memo After ED Raids
Indian education platform Byju's CEO is confident that the country's financial crime-fighting agency will find the company compliant after raids on its premises over suspected breaches of foreign exchange laws, according to an internal memo.
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Online Education Firm Controlled By Chinese Nationals Raided In Bengaluru
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it carried out searches against a Bengaluru-based online education company, fully owned and controlled by Chinese nationals, for allegedly violating the foreign exchange law and remitting Rs 82 crore to China 'illegally'.
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CBI Files Chargesheet In Foreign Fund Case; Home Ministry Officials Named
The CBI has filed a charge sheet against Home Ministry officials and others arrested over alleged bribery involved in facilitating clearances of global donations to NGOs in violation of India's foreign exchange law, officials said Monday.
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Rs 10 Crore Penalty For Ex Amnesty India Head For Forex Violation
Amnesty India International Pvt. Ltd and its former CEO Aakar Patel have been slapped with penalty of Rs 51.72 crore and Rs 10 crore respectively for contravention of the foreign exchange law, the ED said on Friday.
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Indian Crypto Exchanges Under ED Scanner for Probe on Money Laundering, Foreign Exchange Violations
CoinDCX, WazirX, and CoinSwitch Kuber have been served notices by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), India’s financial watchdog over cases of money laundering and violating foreign exchange laws. All the named exchanges have vouched cooperation in whatever investigation follows.
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ED's Seizure of Xiaomi India Assets Worth $725 Million Said to Be Put on Hold by Indian Court
An Indian court is said to have put on hold a federal enforcement agency's decision to seize $725 million from local bank accounts of China's Xiaomi for suspected violations of foreign exchange laws, according to sources.
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ED Seizes Rs. 5,551 Crore of Xiaomi India in Alleged Foreign Exchange Violation Case
Funds worth over Rs. 5,551 crore of Chinese mobile manufacturing company Xiaomi India have been "seized" for violating the Indian foreign exchange law, the Enforcement Directorate said said on Saturday.
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Flipkart, Amazon Executives To Be Summoned Over Alleged Forex Violations: Report
India's financial crime agency will summon Flipkart and Amazon executives as it steps up an investigation into alleged foreign investment law violations, days after raiding some of the e-commerce firms' sellers, a government source told Reuters.
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Brazil to Unveil Second Phase of Crypto Rules by End of 2024: Report
Without disclosing too many details about the ‘internal planning’, Brazil’s Apex bank has confirmed that laws to monitor the use of stablecoins and the role they can play in foreign exchange settlements and other payments are in the pipeline this year.
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Binance CEO Richard Teng Summoned in Nigeria Over Money Laundering Suspicions: Report
Nigeria’s House of Representatives Committee on Financial Crimes has reportedly summoned Teng on suspicions of the exchange’s potential involvement in money laundering and terror financing. The deadline for this meeting was supposed to be March 4, but news about this meeting having taken place hasn't yet come to light.
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Paytm CEO Vijay Shekhar Sharma Said to Be in Talks With RBI Over Regulatory Concerns
Paytm Chief Executive Vijay Shekhar Sharma met the Indian central bank on Monday to discuss plans to address regulatory concerns, two sources with direct knowledge of the talks said on Tuesday, days after the regulator imposed curbs on its banking affiliate.
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CoinDCX Hatches a Million Dollar Plan to Reap Advantages of India’s Crackdown on Foreign Exchanges
CoinDCX, that claims to have seen a 2,000 percent hike in crypto desposits in the last few days, has decided to offer one percent bonus to all investors who make deposits on the exchange between January 9 and January 17, 2024.
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India’s Crypto Action Awaits Analysis on Nation-Specific Characters and Risks: Finance Ministry
For India, the deployment of final crypto laws could still be at least 18 months away. Pankaj Chaudhary, Minister of State for Finance, this week told the Rajya Sabha that India is currently laying focus on assessing the impacts and risks that crypto could pose on its existing financial systems.
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Jet Airways Founder Naresh Goyal's Property Searched In Forex Case
The properties of Jet Airways founder Naresh Goyal and his associates' were searched by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in a case linked to alleged foreign exchange law violation.
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Indian Online Gaming Firms Planning to Relocate Could Violate Laws: Official
Indian online gaming firms planning to relocate overseas to avoid a new 28 percent tax on the sector run the risk of violating the country's foreign exchange laws, Vivek Johri, head of the indirect taxes' department, said on Thursday. New Delhi does not plan to implement the tax retrospectively, he said, in response to speculation it could do so.
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Byju CEO Assures Compliance Over Suspected Breaches of Forex Laws in Internal Memo After ED Raids
Indian education platform Byju's CEO is confident that the country's financial crime-fighting agency will find the company compliant after raids on its premises over suspected breaches of foreign exchange laws, according to an internal memo.
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Online Education Firm Controlled By Chinese Nationals Raided In Bengaluru
The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday said it carried out searches against a Bengaluru-based online education company, fully owned and controlled by Chinese nationals, for allegedly violating the foreign exchange law and remitting Rs 82 crore to China 'illegally'.
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CBI Files Chargesheet In Foreign Fund Case; Home Ministry Officials Named
The CBI has filed a charge sheet against Home Ministry officials and others arrested over alleged bribery involved in facilitating clearances of global donations to NGOs in violation of India's foreign exchange law, officials said Monday.
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Rs 10 Crore Penalty For Ex Amnesty India Head For Forex Violation
Amnesty India International Pvt. Ltd and its former CEO Aakar Patel have been slapped with penalty of Rs 51.72 crore and Rs 10 crore respectively for contravention of the foreign exchange law, the ED said on Friday.
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Indian Crypto Exchanges Under ED Scanner for Probe on Money Laundering, Foreign Exchange Violations
CoinDCX, WazirX, and CoinSwitch Kuber have been served notices by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED), India’s financial watchdog over cases of money laundering and violating foreign exchange laws. All the named exchanges have vouched cooperation in whatever investigation follows.
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ED's Seizure of Xiaomi India Assets Worth $725 Million Said to Be Put on Hold by Indian Court
An Indian court is said to have put on hold a federal enforcement agency's decision to seize $725 million from local bank accounts of China's Xiaomi for suspected violations of foreign exchange laws, according to sources.
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ED Seizes Rs. 5,551 Crore of Xiaomi India in Alleged Foreign Exchange Violation Case
Funds worth over Rs. 5,551 crore of Chinese mobile manufacturing company Xiaomi India have been "seized" for violating the Indian foreign exchange law, the Enforcement Directorate said said on Saturday.
