The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) will soon be permitted to seek assistance of chartered accountant firms and banking and capital market experts in investigating complex Satyam-like frauds. “The process for approving the outsourcing of office staff/empanelment of experts is in the final stages and will be announced soon,” a corporate affairs ministry official said.

After getting a green signal from the ministry, the official said SFIO would be able to obtain services of outside experts like chartered accountants and capital market functionaries to comprehend and probe the complex financial transaction.

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The agency had already submitted a 14,000-page preliminary report to the corporate affairs ministry and has been asked to further look into siphoning of funds by the promoters of Satyam, including its disgraced founder, B Ramalinga Raju. SFIO would be required to scan financial statements of over 350 firms and about 800 bank accounts to trail money and identify beneficiaries of the Satyam fraud case.

“Staff had to be hired on a deputation basis while investigating the Satyam scam, as requirement for staff had increased then. For cases of this magnitude or even lesser, SFIO would need extra staff, and of course expertise,” he said. The ministry, he added, would also give directions to the SFIO on selection of outside experts and payment structure for work outsourced from external agencies. At present, SFIO has one director and about 40 other senior functionaries, including assistant, additional and joint directors specialising in diverse fields like customs and central excise, income tax, company law, banking, capital market and financial transactions.

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