Vijay Mallya Scam

Businessmen involved in multi-million dollar scams, such as Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Vijay Mallya, were able to flee the country because probe agencies failed to arrest them at the proper time, a special court here said recently.

Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut, furious over the Enforcement Directorate's move to attach his properties in connection with the Rs 1,034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case, today mocked the agency, questioning if they considered him equal to fugitive tycoons

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said that banks have recovered Rs 13,109.17 crore from asset sale of fugitives like Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi.

Nirav Modi's mental health and the prison conditions in India were once again in focus during the fugitive diamond merchant's extradition hearing related to the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case at a court in the UK on Wednesday.

Business tycoons Mehul Choksi, the Jhunjhunwala brothers, and Vijay Mallya are among the prominent individuals linked to companies named by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a list of the top 50 wilful defaulters accused of scamming the country's banks.

The CBI has contacted five countries for information on shell companies and bank accounts to identify the manner in which kickbacks were allegedly routed in the INX Media case over ten years ago, sources said. Former Union Minister P Chidambaram and his son, Karti, are among those accused in the alleged scam involving jailed media baron Indrani Muk...

Fugitive billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, the main accused the Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank or PNB scam, was arrested in London on Tuesday and sent to prison till March 29 by a court in London, which rejected his bail plea today. The arrest comes a week after London Westminster Court issued an arrest warrant against him in response to a req...

Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya will be extradited to India to face trial for alleged fraud and money laundering amounting to Rs 9,000 crore, UK's home secretary Sajid Javed has decided. The order for his extradition was signed on Mondayfollowing India's request.

A day after Rahul Gandhi promised that in the "next two-three months you will have fun after we will show you Narendra Modi's work -- Rafale, Vijay Mallya, Lalit Modi, Demonetisation, Gabbar Singh Tax (his expansion for the GST)", Congress's social media head Divya Spandana tweeted a list of what her party called as "scams and corruption of Modi an...

PNB scam: One of the main accused in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank scam, Mehul Choksi, has pleaded with a Mumbai court to cancel arrest warrants issued against him. It is not so much his plea that has surprised the court, but the reason behind his plea -- the promoter of Gitanjali Gems, whose whereabouts are not known, said he could be l...

In more trouble for liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the Enforcement Directorate or ED is set to soon file a fresh charge sheet against him and his companies on charges of money laundering and allegedly cheating a consortium of nationalised banks to the tune of Rs 6,027 crore, officials said today.

A proposed law to help choke fugitives involved in major economic offences has been cleared by the government, amid investigations into a massive bank scam involving jewellery billionaires who have left the country. The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill will help the government seize properties of those involved in fraud worth more than Rs 100 crore...

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal today again attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying his decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes was scripted to "execute a mammoth scam of Rs eight lakh crore".

Dismissing Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia's request to travel abroad, the Supreme Court today cited "a bad experience" and said a person who had promised to return never did.

CBI is looking for tax experts from RBI and other financial institutions to help it in probing high-profile cases including multi-crore rupees chit-fund scams and alleged loan fraud by businessman Vijay Mallya.

Businessmen involved in multi-million dollar scams, such as Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Vijay Mallya, were able to flee the country because probe agencies failed to arrest them at the proper time, a special court here said recently.

Shiv Sena's Sanjay Raut, furious over the Enforcement Directorate's move to attach his properties in connection with the Rs 1,034 crore Patra Chawl land scam case, today mocked the agency, questioning if they considered him equal to fugitive tycoons

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman today said that banks have recovered Rs 13,109.17 crore from asset sale of fugitives like Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi.

Nirav Modi's mental health and the prison conditions in India were once again in focus during the fugitive diamond merchant's extradition hearing related to the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam case at a court in the UK on Wednesday.

Business tycoons Mehul Choksi, the Jhunjhunwala brothers, and Vijay Mallya are among the prominent individuals linked to companies named by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in a list of the top 50 wilful defaulters accused of scamming the country's banks.

The CBI has contacted five countries for information on shell companies and bank accounts to identify the manner in which kickbacks were allegedly routed in the INX Media case over ten years ago, sources said. Former Union Minister P Chidambaram and his son, Karti, are among those accused in the alleged scam involving jailed media baron Indrani Muk...

Fugitive billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi, the main accused the Rs 13,000 crore Punjab National Bank or PNB scam, was arrested in London on Tuesday and sent to prison till March 29 by a court in London, which rejected his bail plea today. The arrest comes a week after London Westminster Court issued an arrest warrant against him in response to a req...

Fugitive liquor baron Vijay Mallya will be extradited to India to face trial for alleged fraud and money laundering amounting to Rs 9,000 crore, UK's home secretary Sajid Javed has decided. The order for his extradition was signed on Mondayfollowing India's request.

A day after Rahul Gandhi promised that in the "next two-three months you will have fun after we will show you Narendra Modi's work -- Rafale, Vijay Mallya, Lalit Modi, Demonetisation, Gabbar Singh Tax (his expansion for the GST)", Congress's social media head Divya Spandana tweeted a list of what her party called as "scams and corruption of Modi an...

PNB scam: One of the main accused in the Rs 13,500 crore Punjab National Bank scam, Mehul Choksi, has pleaded with a Mumbai court to cancel arrest warrants issued against him. It is not so much his plea that has surprised the court, but the reason behind his plea -- the promoter of Gitanjali Gems, whose whereabouts are not known, said he could be l...

In more trouble for liquor baron Vijay Mallya, the Enforcement Directorate or ED is set to soon file a fresh charge sheet against him and his companies on charges of money laundering and allegedly cheating a consortium of nationalised banks to the tune of Rs 6,027 crore, officials said today.

A proposed law to help choke fugitives involved in major economic offences has been cleared by the government, amid investigations into a massive bank scam involving jewellery billionaires who have left the country. The Fugitive Economic Offenders Bill will help the government seize properties of those involved in fraud worth more than Rs 100 crore...

AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal today again attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi saying his decision to demonetise Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes was scripted to "execute a mammoth scam of Rs eight lakh crore".

Dismissing Essar Group promoter Ravi Ruia's request to travel abroad, the Supreme Court today cited "a bad experience" and said a person who had promised to return never did.

CBI is looking for tax experts from RBI and other financial institutions to help it in probing high-profile cases including multi-crore rupees chit-fund scams and alleged loan fraud by businessman Vijay Mallya.