FIU warns COVID-19 upheavals might beget new financial cyber crimes"Financial year 2019-20 was a rather challenging year for the global economy on account of COVID-19 pandemic," FIU-India Director Pankaj Ku...
FinMin red-flags low STR reporting by Zerodha, Motilal & other brokersThe report said Zerodha, MOFS, Reliance Securities and RKSV Securities are among at least four brokerages, which would be called for a sepa...
Note ban triggers record 14-times high generation of suspicious transaction reports linked to tax crimes: FIUThis is the highest-ever figure of STRs since the FIU first started the regime over a decade ago.
Demonetisation led to highest fake currency, suspicious transactions: ReportCounterfeit currency transactions in the banking and other economic channels witnessed an increase by over 3.22 lakh instances during 2016-...
Axis Bank suspends some suspicious accounts after being hit by irregularities by its employeesThe bank further said that it has already filed STRs with the FIU-IND about the potentially suspect accounts which were later probed by inv...
BSE sets up new system for reporting suspicious tradesTo check money laundering through stock markets, top stock exchange BSE has asked its members to report on a monthly basis details of the S...
CBDT seeks advice to track suspicious deals and book tax evadersIn the last few years, the number of STRs has grown tremendously and the department has not been able to investigate all STRs promptly.
Finance Ministry detects Rs 400 cr custom duty, tax evasionTaking leads from these STRs, the DGCEI has detected tax evasion of at least Rs 50 crore and recovered Rs 28 crore, the sources said.
I-T department detects unaccounted assets worth over Rs 1,400 crore"The detection came to light after Financial Intelligence Unit alerted Central Board of Direct Taxes about 32,000 suspicious banking transa...
Government red-flags over 250 dubious financial transactionsThe Finance Ministry has red-flagged over 250 suspicious banking transactions, most of them related to Multi Level Marketing (MLM) or ponzi...
- 300% rise in suspicious terror financing cases: Report
ver 1,400 instances of terror financing in country's economic channels were red-flagged by intelligence and security agencies last year.
Fin Min forms online data bank to check black moneyAs many as 13, 871 STRs were disseminated by the FIU-Ind during 2011-12.
- Over 100 STRs from foreign agencies under probe for black money
A total of 93 requests were received by FIU-India during 2010-11. India has also sent 46 such requests seeking details of such suspicious t...
- Black money: I-T consumes most FIU generated suspicious reports
The Income Tax department, which is at the forefront of cracking down against black money, has been the largest consumer of Suspicious Tran...
- Surge in cases of cyber frauds; accnts breached
ATMs were the most favourite technology tools used by the rogues for instantly encashing the fraudulent transactions.
- Phone tap records won't be part of eco intelligence repository
Records of phone taps or their transcripts will not be a part of the database of the proposed national repository of economic intelligence.
- India ranks 22nd in filing Suspicious Transaction Reports
India stands at a low 22nd rank in preparing and disseminating reports by banking and other monetary bodies for cases of illegal financing ...