While Modi runs the jewellery brand chain under his name, Choksie is the promoter of Gitanjali Gems
The case surfaced as a rule change by RBI in early January forced PNB to tap Nirav Modi and other importers for more margin money, and a query from the central bank about two 'tainted' PNB officials
Nirav Modi's name is a stamp of corporate India's growing global prestige.
Interview with chief investment officer at Aegon Life Insurance
The New Delhi bureaucrat who runs India's banking sector says this is an "isolated" incident
Officials said the CBI approached the Interpol with a request for issuing Diffusion Notice, which was aimed at locating an individual
PNB, Union Bank of India, Corporation Bank, Dena Bank, Bank of Maharashtra and Syndicate Bank hit their respective 52-week lows on the NSE.
'The bank will get its recapitalisation share of Rs 50 billion, as allocated earlier,' stated the FinMin sources
Geetanjali group is promoted by Mehul Choksi
The fraudulent transactions, which can be as much as $1.77 bn, along with new NPA rules can lead to a surge in provisioning
Banks are now looking at their systems and processes so that such frauds are not repeated
Core banking system bypassed to issue unauthorised and fraudulent guarantees
The latest fraud is a failure of management supervision and accountability, say experts
Bankers said the Gitanjali group had a standard account with IDBI Bank and Dena Bank
Delhi-based Punjab National Bank (PNB) said on Wednesday it had been defrauded of about Rs 114 billion
Official sources said ED filed the case under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act after going through a CBI FIR
The trading patterns of the companies as well as their senior officials who have come under the lens would also be looked by Sebi
'There is a clear criminal connivance of group companies of Nirav Modi and Gitanjali Gems,' said PNB
Data released by the RBI last March revealed that during the first nine-months of 2016-17, 455 cases of fraudulent transactions of Rs 100,000 and above were detected at ICICI Bank
Modi has been relentless in building his brand regardless of banks having a problem of fraudulent and unauthorised transactions with his companies