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Punjab National Bank (PNB) share price lost nearly 12% on Thursday after the news relating to Nirav Modi's PNB fraud had the Dalal-street anxious

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The Punjab National Bank (PNB) shares plunged 11.97% on Thursday to close at Rs. 128.35, a day after the scrip lost nearly 10% in the market capitalisation after a colossal banking fraud was brought to light. The fraud amounts to the tune of $1.77 billion in which the billionaire jeweller Nirav Modi allegedly acquired fraudulent letters of undertaking (LoU) from one of its branches for overseas credit. In the morning trade, the state lender's scrip slipped to a low of Rs. 133 after it opened at Rs. 137 on the BSE. The scrip had lost nearly 10% on Wednesday after the news relating to fraud had the D-street jittery. An expert advises caution on PNB's stock after the fraud. Jaikishan J Parmar, research analyst, Angel Broking, said, "The PNB stock tanked nearly 10% on Wednesday considering the magnitude of the scam which is nearly 1/3rd the market capitalization of PNB. The case assumes significance because based on these transactions other banks had advanced loans to these clients abroad. This dampens the sentiments around PNB, which had seen a marginal improvement in its asset quality in this quarter."


Following the PNB fraud's news break, the stock of Gitanjali also fell in tandem. The shares of Gitanjali lost over 12% on Thursday to trade at Rs. 51.30 after hitting the intra-day low of Rs.47.50 on the BSE.

Jewellers too under scanner

Three other jewellers, Gitanjali, Ginni and Nakshatra are under the scanner by the federal agencies, CBI and ED, in view of their arrangements with various banks and end use of money, a senior official of a public sector bank told PTI. No immediate comments were available from these companies. Last week, PNB had lodged an FIR with the CBI stating that fraudulent LoUs worth Rs. 280.7 crore were first issued on January 16. At the time, PNB had said it was digging into records to examine the magnitude of the fraud.

In the complaint, PNB had named three diamond firms -- Diamonds R Us, Solar Exports and Stellar Diamonds -- saying they had approached it on January 16 with a request for buyers' credit for making payment to overseas suppliers, PTI reported. The bank sought 100 per cent cash margins for issuing LoUs for raising buyers' credit, which was contested by the firms, saying they had availed of the facility from as early as 2010.

Nirav Modi, his wife Ami, brother Nishal and Mehul Choksi are partners in Diamonds R US, Solar Exports and Stellar Diamonds, which has shops in foreign locations such as Hong Kong, Dubai, and New York. Among those named is a deputy manager, Gokulnath Shetty, who was posted at PNB's foreign exchange department in Mumbai since March 31, 2010. He had allegedly along with another official Manoj Kharat fraudulently issued LoUs to these firms without following prescribed procedure or making entries in the banking system, avoiding detection of transactions.

"This (investigation) is a part of the clean up drive that started with AQR (Asset Quality Review) in 2015. Post clean up, this is going to make banks clean forever, healthy, responsive and enable them to provide hassle-free banking to all honest borrowers," Kumar said.


A senior official of a public sector bank said there is strict instruction from the finance ministry to all banks that no big fish should go scot-free and no honest borrower is harassed. Banks are now looking at their systems and processes so that such frauds are not repeated, he said, adding all banks have been asked to present a status report as soon as possible.

This could be the biggest banking fraud in India as its quantum was bigger than an estimated 9,000 crore scam at erstwhile Satyam computers. In 2015, Bank of Baroda -- another public sector bank -- had brought to light a scam in which two Delhi-based businessmen cheated it of Rs. 6,000 crore (slightly less than $1 billion at that time).

https://www.ndtv.com/business/pnb-l...hares-slide-on-colossal-banking-fraud-1812950

India you are doing a great job continue the good work while million die of starvation.

A corrupt society, a corrupt mentality will always reap what it sows the world is no longer taking India seriously.


They even cheated International banks.
 
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India you are doing a great job continue the good work while million die of starvation.

A corrupt society, a corrupt mentality will always reap what it sows the world is no longer taking India seriously.


They even cheated International banks.

This is coming from someone whose countrymen created the BCCI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International

On a serious note how many banking scandals and failures has India had ? It is relatively few compared to other societies. Indian banking sector has issues. Fraud is not one of them
 
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This is coming from someone whose countrymen created the BCCI
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bank_of_Credit_and_Commerce_International

On a serious note how many banking scandals and failures has India had ? It is relatively few compared to other societies. Indian banking sector has issues. Fraud is not one of them

Denial another option Indians take, deny, deny, deny everything.

There is no rape or sexual harassment in India, India is perfect but you know what sexual harassment happened to my partner when we were travelling in India.
 
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Denial another option Indians take, deny, deny, deny everything.

There is no rape or sexual harassment in India, India is perfect but you know what sexual harassment happened to my partner when we were travelling in India.

When was the last time Indian bank failed ??

Denial as usual. Typical indian mentality. Which other societies are you talking about? Bhutan and Maldives?

USA, UK have had banking failures

Who ran the BCCI in the 1980s ??
 
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