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The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) is a fraud investigating agency in India. The SFIO is a multi-disciplinary organization and was set up by Govt. of India under Ministry of Corporate Affairs, consisting of experts in the different fields for detecting and prosecuting crimes/frauds pursuance to Government of India Resolution No. 45011/16/2003-Adm-I, dated the July 2, 2003.
The article briefly explains the guidelines issued by the Auditing Assurance Standards Board of Institute of Chartered Accountants of India on Reporting of Fraud under Sec 143(12) of the Companies Act 2013.
The Guidance Note provides an overview of reporting requirement u/s 143(12). It also provides detailed guidance wrt various aspects of this reporting requirement like requirements for reporting u/s 143(12), responsibility of management, responsibility of auditor, Issues for consideration by the auditors, Applicability of Standards on Auditing, Audit procedures Technical guidance, Appendices etc.
Multi-national audit firms are regulated as per the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 and the Chartered Accountants (Procedure of Investigations of Professional and other Misconduct and Conduct of Cases) Rules, 2007 and the Regulations framed thereunder. There is no bar under the Companies Act and the Chartered Accountants Act for such organizations to take up investigations of frauds on specific requests of the clients.
The Minister of State of Corporate Affairs, Shri R.P.N. Singh has stated that serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) is currently investigating 14 cases. In the past two years investigation in respect of 25 companies were completed and 117 petitions were filed by SFIO in the Competent Courts. The Hon’ble Courts ordered convictions in 39 prosecution cases filed by SFIO in the preceding years. The SFIO has completed investigation in respect of M/s. Satyam Computer Services Ltd.
Hero Group said on Friday its exposure in the alleged financial fraud unearthed at Citigroup’s Gurgaon branch in Haryana was Rs 28.75 crore and that it was taking action to recover its dues. On December 28, US-based Citigroup had said it was investig
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has begun a probe into the Rs. 300 crore fraud at Citibank’s Gurgaon branch. RBI Executive Director G Gopalakrishna told reporters on Friday, that soon a statement in this regard would be made. Shivraj Puri, a bank e
In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (ii) of sub-section (1) of Section 209A of the Companies Act, 1956, the Central Government hereby authorizes the following officers in the Serious Fraud Investigation Officer (SFIO), Ministry of Corporate Affairs to inspect the books of accounts and other books and papers for every company, namely
A day after the Supreme Court suggested that SFIO could help banks in recovering bad loans, the government on Thursday said it would look into the possibility of engaging the corporate fraud probing body to deal with the menace of non-performing assets.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of Section 621 of the Companies Act, 1956 (1 of 1956), the Central Government hereby authorize the following officers in the Serious Fraud Investigation Office, Ministry of Corporate Affairs, for the purposes of filing and conducting prosecution under the Companies Act, 1956.
