Finance : The paper shows that loan fraud persists due to enforcement failures, not lack of legal provisions. It highlights delays in detect...
CA, CS, CMA : This article explains how forensic accounting has exposed major corporate frauds that escaped traditional audits. The key takeaway...
Corporate Law : This explains how courts can order the release of money seized or frozen during cyber-fraud investigations. The key takeaway is th...
Corporate Law : Explore the methods forensic auditors use to detect financial fraud, from red flags to data analytics, and their critical role i...
CA, CS, CMA : Examine recent accounting frauds in India, their root causes, and the corrective actions taken by professional bodies, government,...
Fema / RBI : The government informed Parliament about measures taken with RBI and other agencies to identify and block illegal loan apps operat...
Finance : Government responds to rising QR code frauds, highlighting initiatives and awareness campaigns to safeguard digital payments in ru...
Corporate Law : SFIO investigates three EV companies for Rs. 297 crore subsidy fraud under FAME-II. Alleged violations include importing restricte...
Corporate Law : SFIO investigates 36 corporate fraud cases in the past 3 years, with 41 cases filed and 25 convictions. MRAU enhances fraud detect...
Corporate Law : Delhi Police Cyber Crime & CEIB warn against fake emails alleging child pornography & cyber crimes. Stay vigilant & report any sus...
Income Tax : Delhi High Court has directed readjudication in the case of Praveen Bansal Vs ITO, stating that the assessment order under Section...
Goods and Services Tax : Supreme Court's ruling in Sheetal Mittal vs. State of Rajasthan, where anticipatory bail was denied due to fabricated GST number a...
Corporate Law : HC held that domain name https://india-mart.co/ shall be immediately blocked. MeitY/DoT to issue blocking orders within 24 hours f...
CA, CS, CMA : Since the ex-promoters/directors and similarly situated chartered accountants have been granted bail, there is no reason why the A...
CA, CS, CMA : CBI Vs. Devendra Chaturvedi (Special Court for CBI at Greater Bombay) In nutshell, it is the allegation against accused that they ...
Company Law : NFRA issued a circular highlighting statutory auditors' obligations to report fraud in accordance with Companies Act, 2013. Circu...
Fema / RBI : Fraudsters attempt to get confidential details like user id, login / transaction password, OTP (one time password), debit / credit...
Fema / RBI : It is reiterated that all Concurrent Auditors are required to:- To cross verify that all outbound SWIFT messages vis-a-vis their c...
Fema / RBI : 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 Nat...
Excessive Claims for Business Credits: Avoid improperly claiming the fuel tax credit, a tax benefit generally not available to most taxpayers. The credit is usually limited to off-highway business use, including use in farming. Taxpayers should also avoid misuse of the research credit.
Fake Charities: Be on guard against groups masquerading as charitable organizations to attract donations from unsuspecting contributors. Be wary of charities with names similar to familiar or nationally known organizations. Contributors should take a few extra minutes to ensure their hard-earned money goes to legitimate and currently eligible charities.
Taxpayers should be on the lookout for anyone promising inflated refunds. Be wary of anyone who asks taxpayers to sign a blank return, promises a big refund before looking at their records or charges fees based on a percentage of the refund.
Return Preparer Fraud: Be on the lookout for unscrupulous return preparers. The vast majority of tax professionals provide honest high-quality service. There are some dishonest preparers who set up shop each filing season to perpetrate refund fraud, identity theft and other scams that hurt taxpayers.
The Internal Revenue Service today issued a filing season alert warning taxpayers and tax professionals to watch out for identity theft at tax time and highlighted the crime as a top scam in the agency’s Dirty Dozen series.
Aggressive and threatening phone calls by criminals impersonating IRS agents remain a major threat to taxpayers, headlining the annual Dirty Dozen list of tax scams for the 2017 filing season, the Internal Revenue Service announced today.
The Internal Revenue Service today warned taxpayers to watch out for fake emails or websites looking to steal personal information. These “phishing” schemes continue to be on the annual IRS list of Dirty Dozen tax scams for the 2017 filing season.
Each day, people fall victim to phishing scams through emails, texts or phone calls and mistakenly turn over important data. In turn, cybercriminals try to use that data to file fraudulent tax returns or commit other crimes.
Central Vigilance Commission vide circular dt. 05.04.2002 has advised that Chief Vigilance Officers of Public Sector Banks should personally monitor the cases relating to frauds of Rs. 1.00 crore and above
Measure initiated by RBI to prevent such frauds is given below: i. In order to focus more attention on IT related matters, Reserve Bank has set up a Cyber Security and IT Examination (CSITE) Cell within its Department of Banking Supervision in 2015.
