Offshore Bank Accounts

Switzerland's tax authorities today issued public notices for Indian businessman Ratul Puri, his father and two offshore firms linked to them after India sought details of their Swiss bank accounts for allegedly having illicit funds.

The first trial of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe begins on Tuesday with Paul Manafort, a former chairman of U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign, facing charges that he hid tens of millions of dollars earned in Ukraine in offshore accounts and defrauded banks for loans.

The Supreme Court today allowed Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, to travel to offshore locations in United Kingdom, Germany and Spain with certain conditions, including that he would not open or close a bank account abroad.

Money parked by Indians in Switzerland's banks nearly halved to 676 Swiss francs (about Rs 4,500 crore) in 2016 to hit a record low amid a continuing clampdown on the suspected black money stashed behind their famed secrecy walls.

The Supreme Court today granted two more weeks to the centre to file its response on a plea seeking CBI probe against Indian offshore bank account holders named in the Panama papers.

The Supreme Court today asked the centre and the RBI to file their response in four weeks on a plea seeking CBI inquiry against Indian offshore bank account holders named in the Panama papers.

Union Bank of India Ltd said on Friday one of the bank's offshore accounts was breached in a cyber-attack but the money trail was traced and the movement of funds was blocked.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Switzerland on a day-long visit, where he is likely to seek support for India's membership to the elite 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG. He is also likely to raise the issue of black money stashed by Indians in Swiss banks. Switzerland is the third stop on PM Modi's five-nation tour and is considered one ...

The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking CBI inquiry against Indian offshore bank account holders named in the Panama papers.

Jasmine Li was still a student when she opened her first offshore bank account through Mossack Fonseca Hong Kong, but the shady world she entered that day had been part of the city's underbelly for decades.

An investigation published by an international coalition of more than 100 media outlets, based on 11.5 million records of offshore holdings, details how politicians, celebrities and other famous people use banks, law firms and offshore shell companies to hide their assets.

In its crackdown against alleged black money in offshore accounts, the government has begun action in at least 84 cases and many more cases are being probed, although it is getting virtually no cooperation from countries like Switzerland.

India has approached over half a dozen foreign jurisdictions, including Singapore and some tax havens, for banking and other financial details of more than 500 individuals and entities that might have 'secret offshore accounts' at those places.

Wegelin, the oldest Swiss private bank, pleaded guilty on Thursday to a criminal charge of conspiracy in helping wealthy Americans to evade taxes on at least $1.2 billion hidden in offshore bank accounts.

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday tore into Mitt Romney, branding his foe a corporate raider who outsourced American jobs overseas and piled up cash in offshore havens and a Swiss bank account.

Switzerland's tax authorities today issued public notices for Indian businessman Ratul Puri, his father and two offshore firms linked to them after India sought details of their Swiss bank accounts for allegedly having illicit funds.

The first trial of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe begins on Tuesday with Paul Manafort, a former chairman of U.S. President Donald Trump's campaign, facing charges that he hid tens of millions of dollars earned in Ukraine in offshore accounts and defrauded banks for loans.

The Supreme Court today allowed Karti Chidambaram, son of senior Congress leader P Chidambaram, to travel to offshore locations in United Kingdom, Germany and Spain with certain conditions, including that he would not open or close a bank account abroad.

Money parked by Indians in Switzerland's banks nearly halved to 676 Swiss francs (about Rs 4,500 crore) in 2016 to hit a record low amid a continuing clampdown on the suspected black money stashed behind their famed secrecy walls.

The Supreme Court today granted two more weeks to the centre to file its response on a plea seeking CBI probe against Indian offshore bank account holders named in the Panama papers.

The Supreme Court today asked the centre and the RBI to file their response in four weeks on a plea seeking CBI inquiry against Indian offshore bank account holders named in the Panama papers.

Union Bank of India Ltd said on Friday one of the bank's offshore accounts was breached in a cyber-attack but the money trail was traced and the movement of funds was blocked.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Switzerland on a day-long visit, where he is likely to seek support for India's membership to the elite 48-member Nuclear Suppliers Group or NSG. He is also likely to raise the issue of black money stashed by Indians in Swiss banks. Switzerland is the third stop on PM Modi's five-nation tour and is considered one ...

The Supreme Court today sought response from the Centre on a plea seeking CBI inquiry against Indian offshore bank account holders named in the Panama papers.

Jasmine Li was still a student when she opened her first offshore bank account through Mossack Fonseca Hong Kong, but the shady world she entered that day had been part of the city's underbelly for decades.

An investigation published by an international coalition of more than 100 media outlets, based on 11.5 million records of offshore holdings, details how politicians, celebrities and other famous people use banks, law firms and offshore shell companies to hide their assets.

In its crackdown against alleged black money in offshore accounts, the government has begun action in at least 84 cases and many more cases are being probed, although it is getting virtually no cooperation from countries like Switzerland.

India has approached over half a dozen foreign jurisdictions, including Singapore and some tax havens, for banking and other financial details of more than 500 individuals and entities that might have 'secret offshore accounts' at those places.

Wegelin, the oldest Swiss private bank, pleaded guilty on Thursday to a criminal charge of conspiracy in helping wealthy Americans to evade taxes on at least $1.2 billion hidden in offshore bank accounts.

US President Barack Obama on Tuesday tore into Mitt Romney, branding his foe a corporate raider who outsourced American jobs overseas and piled up cash in offshore havens and a Swiss bank account.