Regulatory tightening creates demand for senior roles in forensic functionsThe article discusses the growing importance of forensic roles in corporate governance, spanning various domains such as finance, complianc...
02 May, 2024, 04.37 PM IST
Theranos ex-CEO Elizabeth Holmes to be sentenced on Nov 18 in USTheranos’ former CEO Elizabeth Holmes is set to be sentenced on Friday, November 18 in US. Lawyers for former Theranos Chief Operating Offi...
17 Nov, 2022, 10.42 PM IST
Former Rajasthan DIG joins law firm Capstone Legal to head its white-collar crime practiceAbout three-decade veteran Maheshwari is also a qualified Insolvency Resolution professional. His last posting was as Deputy Inspector Gene...
30 Mar, 2021, 04.21 PM IST
Where companies are under huge debt pressure you tend to see white collar crime: Samir Paranjpe, Grant Thornton"I think it’s very clear that both small and large companies are equally impacted today. So we are seeing extreme cases where very large co...
03 Dec, 2019, 05.49 PM IST
79 investigations assigned to SFIO in last 3 years involving 594 companiesThe government is aware of the growing corporate frauds reported during the last three years and is taking actions against these frauds, Ni...
01 Jul, 2019, 05.28 PM IST
Corporate affairs ministry, Sebi to start automatic data exchangeThe ministry and Sebi Friday entered into a formal memorandum of understanding (MoU) for dataexchange.
07 Jun, 2019, 07.06 PM IST
SFIO lens on 81 firms for fraud in 10 months of this fiscalThe count of such companies being referred to the white collar crime probe agency stood at 111 in 2016-17 and 184 in 2015-16.
09 Feb, 2018, 06.20 PM IST
SFIO to hire financial experts to analyse corporate announcementsThe Serious Fraud Investigation Office will hire financial experts to "critically analyse" announcements made by corporate entities.
12 Jul, 2015, 03.18 PM IST
Serious Fraud Instigation Office to crawl social media, internet to catch fraudstersTo check white-collar crimes and catch fraudsters, the government's corporate fraud probe agency SFIO has decided to scan social media and ...
24 May, 2015, 05.09 PM IST
- BML Munjal University, KPMG to train MBA students in forensic accounting and corporate fraud
BMU has said it will be the first university in India to offer an MBA with a specialisation in forensic accounting and corporate fraud.
13 May, 2015, 05.27 PM IST
Famous rulings against wealthy offendersThese famous rulings didn't just stand against wealthy offenders but against the notion of callous materialistic gain itself.
08 May, 2015, 01.18 PM IST
SFIO's fraud detection system to be operational this monthA fraud detection model to spot corporate wrongdoings right at the initial stages is expected to become operational later this month.
08 Sep, 2013, 11.49 AM IST
Serious Fraud Investigation Office plans early warning system to detect fraudTo strengthen its capabilities to crackdown on corporate wrongdoings, the SIFO is developing an early warning system to detect frauds.
14 Mar, 2013, 03.05 PM IST
- India Inc hiring experts to detect accounting frauds: KPMG
Many large Indian cos have started hiring forensic accountants to detect misreporting in books of accounts, global consultancy firm KPMG sa...
28 Mar, 2010, 02.17 PM IST
- US for deeper regulator pockets, more sleuths to fight frauds
In its war on financial frauds, Barack Obama administration has proposed a billion-dollar pocket for stock market regulator, besides more f...
27 Feb, 2009, 04.13 PM IST
- CAs being equipped to fight Madoff-like corporate duping
Corporate duping through a complex use of exotic financial market instruments like the USD 50-bn scam masterminded by US stock dealer Berna...
28 Dec, 2008, 01.55 PM IST
- Parliament approves Bill giving more teeth to Sebi
Parliament on Monday approved a Bill to give more teeth to market regulator Sebi, including search and seizure power, with Finance Minister...
02 Dec, 2002, 07.04 PM IST