Most Significant Bank fraud case unearthed by the CBI

Most Significant Bank fraud case unearthed by the CBI

Question: Which of the following private sector company named by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in most significant Bank fraud case unearthed by it?
a) PNB
b) BDL
c) ABG Shipyard Ltd
d) None Of these
Answer: (c)
Related Facts:-

  • A most significant bank fraud case has recently been unearthed by the CBI.
  • The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in this case has secured ABG Shipyard Ltd.
  • CBI at this time has booked its former Chairman and director Rishi Kamlesh Agarwal alongside others.
  • They have been booked for defrauding a consortium of banks led by the depository financial institution of India of quite Rs 22,842 crore.
  • They have been charged with alleged criminal conspiracy offenses, criminal breach of trust & abuse of official position.
  • The case has registered as cheating under the IPC and Prevention of Corruption Act.
  • It was on November 8, 2019 the SBI had first filed a complaint, and had sought some clarifications on March 12, 2020.
  • After scrutinizing for around one and a half-year, the bank filed a fresh complaint in August 2020.
  • CBI on February 7, 2022, working on the complaint filed an FIR.

By – Rajesh Tripathi

Links:-
https://www.business-standard.com/article/companies/abg-shipyard-its-directors-booked-by-cbi-in-rs-22-842-cr-bank-fraud-case-122021200845_1.html