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    ED attaches Rs. 177cr-worth assets in Rotomac bank fraud case

    ED attaches Rs. 177cr-worth assets in Rotomac bank fraud case

    By Garima Bora
    May 29, 2018
    03:46 pm

    What's the story

    The Enforcement Directorate today said it has attached assets worth Rs. 177 crore in connection with its probe against Kanpur-based Rotomac Group.

    ED said it has issued a provisional order yesterday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for attachment of properties "owned by M/s Rotomac Global Private Limited and its directors located at Kanpur, Dehradun, Ahmedabad, Gandhi Nagar, and Mumbai."

    Here's more.

    Probe

    Discounted LC would either go to Rotomac or Kothari

    The ED probe revealed that Rotomac indulged in trading with a limited number of buyers and sellers and used to receive back the discounted LC (letters of credit) amount from the overseas beneficiary after deduction of 1.5-2% commission by them.

    This amount would either go directly into accounts of Rotomac Group companies or into the accounts of overseas companies controlled by owner Vikram Kothari.

    Other business activities

    Accused defaulted in meeting their payments by siphoning off funds

    This discounted LC amount thereafter has been used by the firm for "other business activities" such as FDR, iron ore purchase, and investment in real estate.

    It said the overall modus operandi to perpetrate this alleged bank fraud was that the accused, in the guise of merchanting trade, defaulted in meeting their payments obligation to the bank by "diverting and siphoning off the funds."

    The case

    The Rotomac money laundering case

    The ED-CBI case has been registered against the firm director and owner Vikram Kothari, his wife Sadhna Kothari, son Rahul Kothari, and unidentified bank officials on a complaint from Bank of Baroda.

    The bank had alleged that the conspirators had cheated a consortium of banks to the tune of Rs. 3,695 crore, including the interest component.

    The principal amount involved is Rs. 2,919 crore.

    Do you know?

    Second major bank fraud case after Nirav Modi

    This is the second major bank fraud to surface in the recent past after the sensational over $2 billion Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, allegedly committed by diamond merchant Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi, the promoter of the Gitanjali Group of companies.

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