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
Just recently Nirav was seen and photographed with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Davos: Sena mouthpiece
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
In India, loan frauds typically refer to cases where the borrower intentionally tries to deceive the lending bank and does not repay the loan
CBI said PNB officials Gokulnath Shetty and Manoj Kharat, in connivance with accused companies, defrauded the bank of Rs 48 bn
The industry is now technically insolvent, with the market capitalisation of many companies now lower than their debt outstanding
Passports of Nirav Modi and Mehul Choksi suspended for four weeks
NPCI, however, stays silent on the key issue of two-factor authentication; sources, however, claim that WhatsApp will play by rules
Banking hurdles in way of rupee investment route
Tax sleuths also pasted attachment notices at immovable properties of Modi, his wife Ami and his firms located in Mumbai, Surat, Jaipur and Delhi
The former top bank official said the scam that started during UPA rule increased 50 fold in the NDA rule
Allahabad Bank was among other banks that were said to have offered credit based on Letters of Undertaking issued by PNB