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Who is Mehul Choksi?
Mehul Choksi is a fugitive Indian businessman and the owner of Gitanjali Group, a retail jewellery firm with 4,000 stores in India. Choksi is currently residing in Antigua and Barbuda where he holds citizenship. Choksi, along with his nephew Nirav Modi, is wanted by Indian authorities in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam where it is alleged that the Choksi-Modi duo defrauded the bank of more than Rs 14,000 crore. An arrest warrant has been issued against Choksi and he is wanted in India for criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, cheating and dishonesty including delivery of property, corruption, and money laundering.
Early life
PNB scam
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Latest Updates on Mehul Choksi
On the issue of the presence of radical Islamic preacher Zakir Naik in Oman, Bagchi said the ministry did not have any confirmation of his presence in Muscat
Indian fugitive businessman Mehul Chowksi has been removed from the red notice list by International Criminal Police Organization
CBI has asked an Interpol body to restore Red Notice against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi terming its earlier decision to drop his name from the list had "serious shortcomings and mistakes"
Mehul Choksi, accused of committing a Rs 11,356.84 crore loan fraud case with the Punjab National Bank (PNB), was delisted by the Interpol from its 'red' notice list
In a major setback to Indian probe agencies, the Interpol removed fugitive Mehul Choksi, accused of committing a Rs 11,356.84 crore loan fraud case with the PNB, fron its 'red' notice list
Choksi has been scheming to illegally extend the court process in Antigua, by paying bribes to government officials: Kenneth Rijock, a financial crimes investigator
Karad also said that in the last five years, the banks in India have written off loans worth Rs 10.1 trillion
The bank, in its complaint that is now a part of the FIR, has alleged that Choksi and the other accused "were involved in the fudging of accounts, siphoning off funds
Choksi is already facing Income Tax department and ED action
These defaulters have the capacity to repay their loans but choose not to do so, says a report
The CBI has filed a fresh FIR against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi for allegedly cheating a Canara Bank-led consortium to the tune of Rs 55.27 crore, officials said on Thursday.
In reply to Lok Sabha in 2020, SP Shukla said 72 Indians charged with financial irregularities have been living abroad. The list includes names like Nirav Modi, Mehul Choksi and Lalit Modi
ED has filed a supplementary Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) complaint against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi and others in the Punjab National Bank scam case
ED said that Priti was hand-in-glove with husband Mehul Choksi in getting companies incorporated for him for laundering and siphoning of proceeds of crime and utilising and projecting them untainted
All the proceedings against Choksi of illegal entry into Dominica were dropped on May 20, the spokesperson said.
Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi on Saturday got relief from the Commonwealth of Dominica where he was charged with illegal entry by the police
The CBI has filed a fresh case against Mehul Choksi, wanted along with his nephew Nirav Modi in a loan fraud case of Rs 13,500 crore, for allegedly inflating the value of diamonds and jewellery
These figures were mentioned in the note submitted by Tushar Mehta in the SC, which is hearing arguments on a batch of petitions concerning the interpretation of certain provisions of PMLA
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the Supreme Court that Rs 18,000 crore have been returned to the banks in the case of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, and Mehul Choksi.
Sebi has barred fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi and one Rakesh Girdharlal Gajera from the capital markets for one year