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Business Frauds Day 10: Kapil Wadhawan — DHFL, ₹34,615 crore, the biggest housing finance fraud
Day 10: Kapil Wadhawan — DHFL, ₹34,615 crore, the biggest housing finance fraud THE NUMBER In June 2019, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) superseded the board of Dewan Housing Finan…
Business Frauds Day 9: Naresh Goyal — Jet Airways, ₹8,500 crore, arrested 2023
Day 9: Naresh Goyal — Jet Airways, ₹8,500 crore, arrested 2023 THE NUMBER In March 2019, State Bank of India (SBI) declared a ₹8,500 crore loan default by Jet Airways, India’s firs…
Business Frauds Day 8: C Sivasankaran — The Man Who Sold Aircel Under Alleged Pressure
Day 8: C Sivasankaran — The Man Who Sold Aircel Under Alleged Pressure THE NUMBER ₹1,600 crore. That’s the amount the Enforcement Directorate (ED) claimed was siphoned from Aircel’…
Business Frauds Day 7: Subrata Roy — Sahara, ₹24,000 crore owed to investors, Supreme Court vs one man
Day 7: Subrata Roy — Sahara, ₹24,000 crore owed to investors, Supreme Court vs one man THE NUMBER In 2012, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) discovered that Sahara …
Business Frauds Day 6: The Sandesara Brothers — ₹15,000 Crore, Fled to Nigeria
Day 6: The Sandesara Brothers — ₹15,000 Crore, Fled to Nigeria THE NUMBER In 2017, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) discovered that Sterling Biotech, a Gujarat-based pharm…
Business Frauds Day 5: Vikram Kothari — Rotomac Pens, ₹3,695 Crore, Arrested
Day 5: Vikram Kothari — Rotomac Pens, ₹3,695 Crore, Arrested THE NUMBER In March 2018, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) filed a case against Vikram Kothari, promoter of Ro…
Business Frauds Day 4: Jatin Mehta — Winsome Diamonds, ₹6,800 crore, fled to St Kitts, still there
Day 4: Jatin Mehta — Winsome Diamonds, ₹6,800 crore, fled to St Kitts, still there THE NUMBER In March 2013, Punjab National Bank (PNB) discovered that Winsome Diamonds and Jewelle…
Business Frauds DAY 3: MEHUL CHOSKI — THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A COUNTRY TO ESCAPE A LOAN
DAY 3: MEHUL CHOSKI — THE MAN WHO BOUGHT A COUNTRY TO ESCAPE A LOAN THE NUMBER ₹13,578 crore. That’s the exact amount Punjab National Bank (PNB) discovered in January 2018 was siph…
Business Frauds Day 2: Nirav Modi — The ₹13,578 Crore PNB Fraud That Vanished Through Letters of Undertaking
Day 2: Nirav Modi — The ₹13,578 Crore PNB Fraud That Vanished Through Letters of Undertaking THE NUMBER In January 2018, Punjab National Bank (PNB) discovered that ₹13,578 crore—en…
Business Frauds Day 1: Vijay Mallya — The ₹9,000 Crore Kingfisher Loan That Flew Away
Day 1: Vijay Mallya — The ₹9,000 Crore Kingfisher Loan That Flew Away THE NUMBER In March 2016, the State Bank of India declared that Kingfisher Airlines owed it ₹1,600 crore—just …
Words Invented by PR Firms: 20 Pre-owned used developed by car dealers to reduce price resistance
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1986, the National Automobile Dealers Association (NADA) commissioned a study that found the word “used” reduced car sales by 20%—not because the …
Words Invented by PR Firms: 19 Subprime predatory high-interest loans to poor borrowers developed by mortgage industry
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2006, the year before the subprime mortgage market collapsed, the CEO of Ameriquest Mortgage—then the largest subprime lender in the U.S.—received…
Words Invented by PR Firms: 18 Enhanced pat-down invasive body search by TSA developed after passenger complaints
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2010, the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) introduced "enhanced pat-downs"—a procedure involving front-of-hand sweeps of passenge…
Words Invented by PR Firms: 17 Pro-life anti-abortion developed by Catholic Church communications in 1970s
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1972, the year before Roe v. Wade legalized abortion nationwide in the U.S., the term “pro-life” did not appear in a single internal memo, press r…
Words Invented by PR Firms: 16 Death tax estate tax on inherited wealth developed by Frank Luntz for Republican messaging
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1999, Republican pollster Frank Luntz wrote a confidential memo to GOP leaders titled "The Estate Tax: Persuasion and Message Development." The do…
Words Invented by PR Firms: 15 Smart bombs bombs that miss their targets less often developed by Pentagon PR after Gulf War
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1991, during the Gulf War, the Pentagon claimed that 70% of its "smart bombs" hit their targets. Internal U.S. Air Force reports later revealed th…
Words Invented by PR Firms: 14 Pacification military occupation of civilian area developed during Vietnam
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1967, the U.S. military’s "Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support" (CORDS) program in Vietnam—later rebranded as "pacification"—cl…
Words Invented by PR Firms: 13 Neutralize kill military euphemism in use since Vietnam
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1968, the U.S. Department of Defense instructed its public affairs officers to replace the word "kill" with "neutralize" in press briefings. The d…
Words Invented by PR Firms: 12 Voluntary separation being fired developed by HR departments in 1980s
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 1986, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) ruled that "voluntary separation" programs—where employees are pressured to resign r…
Words Invented by PR Firms: 11 Negative patient outcome patient died developed by hospital risk management departments
THE ONE FACT THEY WON’T FORGET In 2016, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) reviewed 1,000 hospital incident reports and found …