Corporate Law - Every business list down its strategy to move forward and for that it gears up its executives by providing them some agreed targets which eventually become their performance indicators and based on these targets, these executives would further drill down the same to ensure these TARGETS are actually achieved. There are number of reported/...
Read MoreCorporate Law - Phishing comes from the word FISHING which essentially means to trap someone into a fake identity by using either fake website, links or via spearing etc. This is one of the major areas which need awareness and at the same time it is really crucial for all FORENSIC ACCOUNTANTS to understand the concept who go for any kind of financial inv...
Read MoreCorporate Law - Now a day’s accounting frauds are on rise to be reported related to Payroll in which a FRAUDSTER manages to create some employees master file which actually do not exists and manage to take away their all benefits by way of FRAUD....
Read MoreCorporate Law - The progressive measures, being undertaken by the Government in curbing corruption, have always been taken in positive spirit by honest and diligent members of ICAI, and as such the constitution of NFRA, will infact reinforce and reinstate the perception about the dignity and integrity of the noble profession of Chartered Accountancy. How...
Read MoreCorporate Law - It seems like it was the need of an hour to constitute National Financial Reporting Authority. Section 132 of Companies Act, 2013 deals with the constitution of NFRA. On Thursday March 1, 2018, the cabinet approved its constitution as announced by Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley in a press meet. But the question here is, […]...
Read MoreCorporate Law - The rising trend in Bank frauds has been a cause of concern at all levels. In view of the alarming rise in Bank frauds, the Central Vigilance Commission has undertaken a review and analysis of top 100 Banks Frauds, as on 31.03.2017....
Read MoreCorporate Law - The Central Bureau of Investigation has today arrested two Directors of Kolkata based private company in an on-going investigation of a bank fraud case to the tune of Rs.515.15 crore(approx)....
Read MoreCorporate Law - The Government has ordered investigation into the affairs of 107 companies and 7 LLPs under the provisions of Section 212(1)(c) of the Companies Act, 2013 and Section 43(3)(c)(i) of Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008 on 17.02.2018 belonging to Mr Nirav Modi (Firestar Diamond group) and Mr Mehul Chinubhai Choksi (Gitanjali Group) to b...
Read MoreCorporate Law - The amount of Rs. 942 cr were the regular limits sanctioned to Geetanjali Group under consortium lending, and were standard credit exposure at the time of detection of the fraud. Now, this exposure is being added to the existing fraudulent amount. This amount has nothing to do with any new fraudulent LoUs/LoCs. ...
Read MoreCorporate Law - Security and operational controls in SWIFT environment Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has apprised that it had issued two circulars to banks, related to security and operational controls in SWIFT (Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication) environment, in the months of August and November 2016. As per RBI inputs, compliance...
Read MoreHO/I&C/Circular letter No./41/2017-18 - (19/02/2018) - It is reiterated that all Concurrent Auditors are required to:- To cross verify that all outbound SWIFT messages vis-a-vis their corresponding entries are reflecting in. To ensure & confirm that second checking has been done by the Branch official who are not associated with SWIFT messages....
Read MorePress Release: 2017-2018/2233 - (16/02/2018) - There have been reports in the media that in the wake of fraud involving a sum of USD 1.77 billion that has surfaced in Punjab National Bank (PNB), the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has directed PNB to meet its commitments under the Letter of Undertaking (LOU) to other banks. RBI denies having given a...
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