PNB said it had detected the gigantic fraud in one of its Mumbai branches, putting the quantum of fraudulent transactions at $1,771.69 million
The PNB fraud pertains to issuance of fake Letters of Understanding to companies associated with billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi by errant PNB employees
CBI said accused were not cooperating with investigation so custody required 'to recover important missing documents'
This, despite Firestar International suffering from a high-leverage, off-balance-sheet exposure
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But the total hit to Indian banks 'may well exceed' that amount, the I-T department said in its note
PNB put value of outstanding claims in fraud involving billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi at over Rs 110 bn
The branch officials requested the firms to furnish at least 100% cash margin for issuing LoU for raising buyer's credit
FIR against the rest of Rs 113 billion raised by Nirav Modi companies through fraud on PNB is yet to be filed
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People detained including PNB's former deputy manager Gokulnath Shetty, bank's single window operator Manoj Kharat, and Hemant Bhat, who is authorised signatory of the Nirav Modi group firms
In March 2017, Ind-Ra said it had rated the company's debt instruments at 'IND A-' with a stable outlook
The billionaire jeweller to the world's rich and famous was doing well for himself. Nirav Modi's troubles, however, grew along with his blinding success
The saga unfolded after a bribery complaint by the Hong Kong branch of an Indian bank
The ED has sent out letters of request, called 'letters rogatory', with a clutch of evidence to the concerned enforcement agencies asking for sealing of outlets
Surjewala said that not just the PNB, the fraud covers 16 other banks
The PNB also named the banks in the complaint, which included the Frankfurt and Mauritius branches of the State Bank of India