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Business Frauds DAY 50: DLF-VADRA — THE LAND DEAL THAT WASN’T A DEAL
DAY 50: DLF-VADRA — THE LAND DEAL THAT WASN’T A DEAL THE NUMBER In 2012, IAS officer Ashok Khemka discovered that DLF had sold 3.5 acres of prime land in Gurgaon to Robert Vadra’s …
Business Frauds DAY 49: ADARSH HOUSING — NOT A BUILDER BUT A SCAM, POLITICIANS AND GENERALS LOOTED KARGIL WIDOWS
DAY 49: ADARSH HOUSING — NOT A BUILDER BUT A SCAM, POLITICIANS AND GENERALS LOOTED KARGIL WIDOWS THE NUMBER In 2010, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India revealed that a 31…
Business Frauds Day 48: Ireo — The ₹900 Crore Gurugram Land Scam That Left 7,000 Homebuyers Homeless
Day 48: Ireo — The ₹900 Crore Gurugram Land Scam That Left 7,000 Homebuyers Homeless THE NUMBER In 2018, the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) revealed that Ireo Pvt Ltd, a…
Business Frauds Day 47: Omaxe — The ₹1,800 Crore Hole in Delhi’s Skyline
Day 47: Omaxe — The ₹1,800 Crore Hole in Delhi’s Skyline THE NUMBER In 2023, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached assets worth ₹1,800 crore belonging to Omaxe Ltd. and its pro…
Business Frauds Day 46: 3C Company — The ₹2,800 Crore Noida Housing Scam That Left 12,000 Families Homeless
Day 46: 3C Company — The ₹2,800 Crore Noida Housing Scam That Left 12,000 Families Homeless THE NUMBER In 2019, the Uttar Pradesh Real Estate Regulatory Authority (UP-RERA) reveale…
Business Frauds Day 45: BPTP — The ₹1,200 Crore Hole in Faridabad’s Skyline
Day 45: BPTP — The ₹1,200 Crore Hole in Faridabad’s Skyline THE NUMBER In 2022, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) attached assets worth ₹1,200 crore belonging to BPTP Limited, a rea…
Business Frauds Day 44: Supertech — The Twin Towers That Never Should Have Been Built
Day 44: Supertech — The Twin Towers That Never Should Have Been Built THE NUMBER ₹1,860 crore. That’s the amount the Supreme Court of India ordered Supertech Ltd to refund to 696 h…
Business Frauds Day 43: Jaypee Group — Manoj Gaur, ₹26,000 crore debt, Yamuna Expressway homebuyers trapped
Day 43: Jaypee Group — Manoj Gaur, ₹26,000 crore debt, Yamuna Expressway homebuyers trapped THE NUMBER In 2017, the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) admitted an insolvency peti…
Business Frauds Day 42: Amrapali — 42,000 homebuyers stranded, Supreme Court took over
Day 42: Amrapali — 42,000 homebuyers stranded, Supreme Court took over THE NUMBER In 2019, the Supreme Court of India revealed that Amrapali Group had diverted ₹3,000 crore from ho…
Business Frauds Day 41: Unitech — Sanjay Chandra, ₹7,000 crore from homebuyers, fled, arrested
Day 41: Unitech — Sanjay Chandra, ₹7,000 crore from homebuyers, fled, arrested THE NUMBER In 2017, the Supreme Court of India froze Unitech’s assets after discovering that the comp…
Business Frauds Day 40: ABG Shipyard — ₹22,842 crore, India’s largest bank fraud by a single company
Day 40: ABG Shipyard — ₹22,842 crore, India’s largest bank fraud by a single company THE NUMBER In January 2019, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a case revealing th…
Business Frauds Day 39: Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank — HDIL’s Rakesh Wadhawan, ₹4,355 crore
Day 39: Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank — HDIL’s Rakesh Wadhawan, ₹4,355 crore THE NUMBER In September 2019, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) froze withdrawals from Punjab …
Business Frauds DAY 38: SHIKHA SHARMA — AXIS BANK, EVERGREENING ALLEGATIONS, TENURE CUT SHORT
DAY 38: SHIKHA SHARMA — AXIS BANK, EVERGREENING ALLEGATIONS, TENURE CUT SHORT THE NUMBER ₹5,633 crore. That’s the amount Axis Bank allegedly evergreened in loans to stressed borrow…
Business Frauds DAY 37: CHANDA KOCHHAR — CONVICTED, WHAT THE VIDEOCON QUID PRO QUO ACTUALLY WAS
DAY 37: CHANDA KOCHHAR — CONVICTED, WHAT THE VIDEOCON QUID PRO QUO ACTUALLY WAS THE NUMBER ₹1,875 crore. That is the exact amount ICICI Bank lent to Videocon Industries in 2012, a …
Business Frauds Day 36: ICICI Bank — Chanda Kochhar, the Videocon Loan, and the ₹64 Crore "Investment" in Her Husband’s Company
Day 36: ICICI Bank — Chanda Kochhar, the Videocon Loan, and the ₹64 Crore "Investment" in Her Husband’s Company THE NUMBER In 2012, ICICI Bank sanctioned a ₹3,250 crore loan to the…
Business Frauds Day 35: IL&FS — The ₹91,000 Crore Collapse That Broke India’s Shadow Banking System
Day 35: IL&FS — The ₹91,000 Crore Collapse That Broke India’s Shadow Banking System THE NUMBER In September 2018, the Ministry of Corporate Affairs revealed that Infrastructure…
Business Frauds Day 34: Yes Bank — Rana Kapoor, ₹3,700 crore, loans for kickbacks
Day 34: Yes Bank — Rana Kapoor, ₹3,700 crore, loans for kickbacks THE NUMBER In March 2020, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) superseded Yes Bank’s board after discovering ₹3,700 cro…
Business Frauds Day 33: DHFL’s Wadhawan Brothers — How ₹31,000 Crore of Retail Depositor Money Vanished into Shell Companies
Day 33: DHFL’s Wadhawan Brothers — How ₹31,000 Crore of Retail Depositor Money Vanished into Shell Companies THE NUMBER In 2019, the Reserve Bank of India’s forensic audit revealed…
Business Frauds Day 32: Ketan Parekh — The Man Who Turned the Stock Market into a Merry-Go-Round
Day 32: Ketan Parekh — The Man Who Turned the Stock Market into a Merry-Go-Round THE NUMBER In March 2001, the Bombay Stock Exchange’s BSE Sensex crashed by 176 points in a single …
Business Frauds DAY 31: HARSHAD MEHTA — THE ₹4,000 CRORE SCAM THAT SHOOK INDIA’S STOCK MARKET
DAY 31: HARSHAD MEHTA — THE ₹4,000 CRORE SCAM THAT SHOOK INDIA’S STOCK MARKET THE NUMBER In April 1992, the Reserve Bank of India discovered that ₹4,000 crore—equivalent to nearly …