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CA, CS, CMA : Explore fraudulent financial reporting, its impact on stakeholders, methods of detection, and prevention strategies....
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Corporate Law : Delhi Police Cyber Crime & CEIB warn against fake emails alleging child pornography & cyber crimes. Stay vigilant & report any sus...
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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 ...
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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...
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. However, having said that, the Government must not be selective in its sincere endevours of curbing corruption, and as such the need of the hour is to constitute and create similar regulatory bodies (like NFRA) for Nationalised Banks, Bureaucracy, Political Parties, Taxation Authorities and even Medical, Legal and Companies Secretary Professions. Then only the Government’s Objective of “Sabka Saath Sabka Vikas, without any Discrimination” will be achieved and accomplished, in true spirit.
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, […]
Ever since the Internet was created there have been criminals who want to take advantage of it. Therefore, offenses against individuals or companies in order to cause harm or loss to the victim with the use of modern telecommunication networks are defined as cybercrimes. Basic precautions like firewall, antivirus, and regular security checks must become […]
PNB Bank had initiated the process of assigning Forensic Audit in the accounts of Nirav Modi Group and bids were invited from major audit firms. Bid from M/s BDO India LLP was Ll and after negotiations with them, M/s BDO India LLP has been appointed as Forensic Auditor for 5 group companies of Nirav Modi on 27.02.18
Is the PNB fraud an operational failure or a auditing failure or a regulatory failure is the question (leaving alone the political slugfest) in the people mind and there are lot of claims and counter claims on the basic reasons for such a massive scam to have happended. No bank is without operational risks and […]
This has reference to recent news item appearing in CNBC TV18 titled Govt may ask PNB to pay for Fraud Liabilities on 23.02.2018 and as desired we are giving below point wise reply as under:-
SSOCHAM today cautioned against allowing the alleged fraud in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) to halt the entire system of corporate lending as demoralisation would set in among the top functionaries and employees of the state-owned banks, something the country can ill-afford at a time when the credit growth was about to recover and economy was set to grow at a higher pace.
Till the time disciplinary inquiry is concluded, and the role of all those who acted in fiduciary responsibility is established in the matter, it would not be prudent to draw any conclusion against the profession.
Over the past weeks, the nation has been shocked by the PNB fraud, not only the way it was perpetrated, massive amounts involved (1.8 billion USD) but also the years (since 2011) over which it remained undetected. The fraud has done severe damage to the credibility of the banking system in the country and shaken the confidence of the public.
It is not uncommon these days to hear expressions of grave concern within our profession about losing the dignity of the profession and a general decline in intra profession courtesy. At the same time, leaders of our Government are criticizing our profession for inefficiency and not delivering the result at par with their expectations.
