The Company That Looked Like a High-Growth Tech Story — Until SEBI Found the Numbers Didn’t Add Up For investors, a listed company’s growth story often begins with numbers. Revenue rises sharply. New business verticals are announced. Expansion into emerging technology sectors creates excitement. IP...
The Call Centre That Wasn’t Selling Support: How a Mohali Operation Allegedly Turned Tech Scams Into a Money-Laundering Investigation It started with something that looked harmless. A pop-up appeared on a computer screen, warning the user that something was wrong with the system. The message offered a solution and displayed a toll-f...
The Liquor Transport Deal That Went Too Far: How a ₹195 Crore Loss Turned Into a PMLA Investigation A government tender is supposed to be simple on paper. A company submits its bid. The contract is awarded. Services are provided. Payments are made against documented work. But what happens when tende...
The Call Centre Behind the Pop-Up: How a Technical Support Scam Turned Into a PMLA Investigation The call might have looked harmless. A customer in the USA or Canada would see a pop-up on a computer screen warning that something was wrong with the system. The message would appear urgent. A toll-f...
The ₹71.88 Crore Bank Fraud Case: How Bogus Agreements and Circular Transactions Put a Company’s Assets Under ED Action A company may borrow money for business expansion, working capital or purchasing assets. On paper, the transactions can look like ordinary corporate finance. But when borrowed funds are allegedly dive...
Fake ITC, Fake Invoices and a ₹3.80 Crore Cash Trail: What the ED Search Reveals About GST Compliance A business may appear perfectly normal from the outside. There may be invoices being issued, GST returns being filed and Input Tax Credit (ITC) appearing in the books. Payments may even move through b...
The “Digital Arrest” Scam That Turned ₹2.60 Crore Into a ₹27,850 Crore Money Trail It began with a phone call. For the victim in Goa, it did not sound like a scam. She was made to believe that she was under investigation and was kept under continuous surveillance through a video cal...
Why His “Profitable” Business Was Actually Bleeding Cash — And His Books Never Showed It When Arjun started his business, he had one simple rule: keep the sales growing. And for years, it worked. The company had moved from a small operation to a business generating several crores in annua...
The Related-Party Transaction Nobody Flagged Until the Auditor Did It started with a transaction that looked completely ordinary. A growing company needed professional services. A sister concern within the same business group had the required team and experience. The...
One Wrong Purpose Code, One Frozen Transfer: A Consultant's FEMA Wake-Up Call It was supposed to be a simple payment. Arjun, an independent technology consultant based in India, had completed a six-month project for a client in Singapore. The contract was signed, the work was d...
When the Game Was Rigged: How an Online Gaming Fraud Turned Into a ₹58.42 Crore Money-Laundering Investigation For the complainant, it may have started like an opportunity. He was approached with the promise of making high returns within a short period through online gaming. Links to gaming platforms were prov...
₹70 Crore in Property Restituted: What the DSK Group Case Reveals About PMLA, Asset Attachment and Investor Protection Imagine buying or holding an asset that later becomes connected to a financial investigation. The property may have a clear market value. The transaction may have happened years earlier. But once an e...