Two officials sent to 3-day police remand in EPF scam
5 years, 2 months ago

Two officials sent to 3-day police remand in EPF scam

India TV News  

Two senior officials -- Praveen Kumar Gupta, former Secretary of the UP State Power Employees Trust and UPPCL's Provident Fund Trust, and UPPCL's erstwhile Director Sudhanshu Dwivedi -- arrested in connection with the Rs 4,000 crore Employees' Provident Fund scam were sent to a three-day police remand by the court on Wednesday. Another official arrested in the scam -- AP Mishra, former Managing Director of UPPCL, was also produced before the court. The officials accused in the scam invested over 4122 crore rupees of PF money into Deewan Housing Finance Limited. However, Rs 2267 crore of the EPF money is still with the company after the Bombay High Court stayed the payments of DHFL.

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EPFO fined ₹1.5 lakh for not revising pension amount
2 weeks, 3 days ago

EPFO fined ₹1.5 lakh for not revising pension amount

Hindustan Times  

The State Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission has directed the Employees Provident Fund Organisation, Chandigarh, to pay compensation of ₹50,000 each to three subscribers for not revising their pension without any valid reasons. As per the order, EPFO has been directed to pay for causing mental agony, harassment and unfair trade practice. Krishan Murari and two other employees of Punjab State …

Former cricketer Robin Uttappa breaks silence over arrest warrant in EPF deposits case
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Former cricketer Robin Uttappa breaks silence over arrest warrant in EPF deposits case

Live Mint  

Former India cricketer Robin Uttappa took to social media platform X to clarify after an arrest warrant was issued against him in the alleged Employees' Provident Fund deposits fraud case. The case against Robin Uttappa The arrest warrant issued by Shadakshara Gopala Reddy, Regional Provident Fund Commissioner - II and Recovery Officer, K R Puram stated that ₹23,36,602 is to …

Ex-Indian batter Robin Uthappa gets booked, arrest warrant issued in PF ’fraud’ case; here’s WHY
2 weeks, 5 days ago

Ex-Indian batter Robin Uthappa gets booked, arrest warrant issued in PF ’fraud’ case; here’s WHY

Live Mint  

Once a 'walking assassin' for his aggressive batting, former Indian batting Robin Uthappa has been booked and an arrest warrant released against him in connection with an alleged case of defrauding employees and the government related to the Provident Fund case, reported ANI. Case against Robin Uthappa: Robin Uthappa, who is director of Centaurus Lifestyle Brands Private Limited, is accused …

Arrest warrant against former cricketer Robin Uthappa in PF fraud case
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2 weeks, 5 days ago

Arrest warrant against former cricketer Robin Uthappa in PF fraud case

Deccan Chronicle  

An arrest warrant has been issued against former Indian cricketer Robin Uthappa over allegations of fraud involving Employee Provident Fund contributions. The warrant, issued pertains to a sum of ₹23.36 lakh that was allegedly not deposited into employee accounts while Uthappa served as a director of Centaurus Lifestyle Brands Pvt Ltd. The warrant was issued by Shadakshara Gopal Reddy, Regional …

EPFO officer booked for amassing disproportionate assets
3 weeks, 6 days ago

EPFO officer booked for amassing disproportionate assets

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Central Bureau of Investigation registered a corruption case against an accounts officer working with the Employees’ Provident Fund Organization for allegedly amassing assets worth ₹125.44 lakh disproportionate to his and his wife’s known sources of income. EPFO officer booked for amassing disproportionate assets The agency is conducting a probe against the accused, who is currently working in Tamil …

EPFO assistant commissioner arrested in bribery case
11 months, 1 week ago

EPFO assistant commissioner arrested in bribery case

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday arrested three persons, including assistant commissioner of Employee Provident Fund Organisation, Lucknow and enforcement officer in a bribery case of ₹8 lakh, confirmed CBI officials here on Wednesday. EPFO assistant commissioner caught red-handed while accepting bribe They said the CBI Anti-Corruption Bureau, Lucknow has registered an FIR against the trio under section …

Gujarat: CBI arrests private consultant in bribery case involving EPFO commissioner
1 year, 7 months ago

Gujarat: CBI arrests private consultant in bribery case involving EPFO commissioner

India TV News  

A private consultant was arrested by CBI officials in connection with a case of alleged bribe demand of Rs 20 lakh involving the regional provident fund commissioner in Rajkot in Gujarat. The accused consultant, Sachin Jashani, was caught red-handed while receiving a part payment of Rs 2 lakh from the complainant businessman, CBI officials said. "A case was registered against …

UP Power Corporation EPF Scam: Supreme Court Issues Notice In CBI's Plea Challenging Allahabad HC's Order Granting Bail To Former UPPCL MD AP Mishra
2 years, 9 months ago

UP Power Corporation EPF Scam: Supreme Court Issues Notice In CBI's Plea Challenging Allahabad HC's Order Granting Bail To Former UPPCL MD AP Mishra

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday issued notice in the SLP preferred by Central Bureau of Investigation assailing Allahabad High Court's order of granting bail to Ayodhya Prasad Mishra, former Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited accused in EPF scam.The bench of Justices AM Khanwilkar and CT Ravikumar while seeking response from Mishra adjourned the matter. The Supreme Court …

UP Power Corporation EPF Scam: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Prime Accused Parveen Kumar Gupta
2 years, 11 months ago

UP Power Corporation EPF Scam: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Prime Accused Parveen Kumar Gupta

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court recently granted bail to the former General Manager of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited and prime accused in the Corporation's EPF Scam, Parveen Kumar Gupta.The Bench of Justice Pankaj Bhatia has granted him bail on the condition of his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable sureties of Rs.5,00,000/- each to the satisfaction of the court concerned.The …

UP PF Scam: CBI seeks sanction to probe Union power secretary, agriculture secretary in Rs 2,268 crore PF scam
2 years, 11 months ago

UP PF Scam: CBI seeks sanction to probe Union power secretary, agriculture secretary in Rs 2,268 crore PF scam

India TV News  

The Union power secretary Alok Kumar and agriculture secretary Sanjay Agarwal may soon be repatriated to their cadre state Uttar Pradesh where the CBI has sought sanction to investigate them in a Rs 2,268 crore PF scam, as per media reports. The CBI has sought the sanction to probe the two officers in a case relating to illegally investing the …

PF scam: UPPCL plans to move SC for full refund from DHFL
2 years, 11 months ago

PF scam: UPPCL plans to move SC for full refund from DHFL

Hindustan Times  

LUCKNOW Chances of the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd getting refund of more than ₹2,000 crore employees’ provident fund it invested as fixed deposits in Dewan Housing Finance Ltd allegedly against investment guidelines are getting thinner, people aware of fresh developments said. Between March 2017 and September 2019, the UPPCL PF Trust invested ₹ 2631.20 crore in the form of …

PF scam: Nearly 2 years on, PCL yet to get back money from DHFL
3 years, 5 months ago

PF scam: Nearly 2 years on, PCL yet to get back money from DHFL

Hindustan Times  

Running from court to tribunal for last two years, the UP Power Corporation Ltd has not got back even a single penny yet of the balance ₹2,267 crore of the employees’ provident fund it allegedly illegally invested as fixed deposits in the Diwan Housing Finance Ltd —a Mumbai-based private company that has declared itself broke since. “The Mumbai high court …

EPF Scam: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Former UPPCL MD AP Mishra
3 years, 5 months ago

EPF Scam: Allahabad High Court Grants Bail To Former UPPCL MD AP Mishra

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court last week granted bail to Ayodhya Prasad Mishra, former Managing Director of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited vide order dated July 13, 2021. An earlier bail application had been rejected by Justice D.K Singh of the High Court back in April 2020.Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh granted bail to the accused taking into consideration his frail health. …

Money Laundering Case: Anil Deshmukh's Aides Sent in Judicial Custody Till July 20
3 years, 6 months ago

Money Laundering Case: Anil Deshmukh's Aides Sent in Judicial Custody Till July 20

News 18  

A special PMLA court here on Tuesday remanded two aides of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in judicial custody tilll July 20 in a money laundering case against the politician, related to charges of bribery of Rs 100 crore. Earlier, former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh in a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had alleged that Deshmukh, …

Money laundering case: Anil Deshmukh's aides sent in judicial custody till July 20
3 years, 6 months ago

Money laundering case: Anil Deshmukh's aides sent in judicial custody till July 20

India TV News  

A special PMLA court here on Tuesday remanded two aides of former Maharashtra home minister Anil Deshmukh in judicial custody tilll July 20 in a money laundering case against the politician, related to charges of bribery of Rs 100 crore. Earlier, former Mumbai police commissioner Param Bir Singh in a letter to Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray had alleged that Deshmukh, …

2 executives of Omkar Relators sent to ED custody in money laundering case
3 years, 11 months ago

2 executives of Omkar Relators sent to ED custody in money laundering case

India Today  

A special court in Mumbai on Thursday sent the chairman and the managing director of Mumbai-based Omkar Realtors and Developers - Babulal Varma and Kamal Kishore Gupta - to the ED custody till January 30, a day after they were arrested in a money laundering case. The ED money laundering case against them has been filed after studying an FIR …

"Deep Rooted Conspiracy": Allahabad HC Denies Bail To UPPCL Director In Provident Fund Investment Scam Case [Read Order]
4 years, 9 months ago

"Deep Rooted Conspiracy": Allahabad HC Denies Bail To UPPCL Director In Provident Fund Investment Scam Case [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail plea moved by Director of the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited in connection with a provident fund investment scam. Stating that a "deep rooted conspiracy" appeared to be involved in the case, Justice Dinesh Kumar Singh refused to allow the bail application in the scam involving laundering of over 2,000 crore …

UP government will pay back PF money invested in DHFL: Adityanath
5 years, 1 month ago

UP government will pay back PF money invested in DHFL: Adityanath

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said that his government will pay back the Provident Fund money of state power corporation employees invested in the scam-hit DHFL by confiscating properties of those responsible for the irregularities. The properties of all those involved in this scam will be confiscated and every single paisa of each and every employee will …

EPF scam: Yogi govt promises to return money of UPPCL employees
5 years, 1 month ago

EPF scam: Yogi govt promises to return money of UPPCL employees

India Today  

The Yogi Adityanath-led BJP government on Saturday promised that it will return the money of UPPCL employees in connection with the investment of over Rs 2,600 crore of the state power employees' provident fund in scam-hit housing finance firm DHFL. Uttar Pradesh Principal Secretary Energy on Saturday assured that if the money is not received from DHFL under the legal …

EPF scam: Two more arrested by EOW, sent to 14-day judicial custody
5 years, 1 month ago

EPF scam: Two more arrested by EOW, sent to 14-day judicial custody

India Today  

Two more people were arrested in connection with UP Power Corporation Limited employees provident fund of Rs 2,631.20 crore investment in tainted DHFL. Former managing director of the UPPCL AP Mishra who had occupied the post for five years and got three extensions during Akhilesh Yadav's regime was also arrested by the EOW in the case. Meanwhile, angry over their …

Rs 4,000-cr EPF scam: Adityanath govt removes UPPCL chairman Alok Kumar
5 years, 2 months ago

Rs 4,000-cr EPF scam: Adityanath govt removes UPPCL chairman Alok Kumar

Business Standard  

Even as the UP Police's Economic Offences Wing continues to grill three key officials in the Rs 4,000 crore Employees' Provident Fund scam, the Yogi Adityanath government on Friday night finally removed the UP Power Corporation Ltd Chairman Alok Kumar from his post. Besides heading UPPCL, Alok Kumar, a senior IAS officer, was also the Principal Secretary, considered an important …

EPF-scam: UP Power minister slaps defamation notice on PCC chief
5 years, 2 months ago

EPF-scam: UP Power minister slaps defamation notice on PCC chief

India TV News  

Uttar Pradesh Power Minister Shrikant Sharma on Thursday sent a defamation notice to UPCC president Ajay Kumar Lallu giving him an ultimatum to apologise within 24 hours for making "indecent allegations" against him regarding the Rs 2,600 crore EPF scam in the state power department. "The notice has been sent to the Congress leader by the energy minister for making …

UPPCL EPF scam: Priyanka questions BJP, UP govt's complicity
5 years, 2 months ago

UPPCL EPF scam: Priyanka questions BJP, UP govt's complicity

India TV News  

With new evidence surfacing in the EPF scam in state-owned Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra on Tuesday questioned the BJP's "silence" in the case and asked the state's Yogi Adityanath government to come clean on it. Acting swiftly after the scam came to light, the Yogi government registered an FIR and arrested two senior officials …

EPF scam: Ex-UPPCL MD Mishra arrested
5 years, 2 months ago

EPF scam: Ex-UPPCL MD Mishra arrested

India TV News  

Former managing director of Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited, A.P. Mishra, was arrested on Tuesday morning by the Economic Offences Wing that is probing the employees provident fund scam in the power department. Two senior officials -- the trust secretary P. K. Gupta and director finance Sudhanshu Dwiwedi-were also arrested late Saturday night. The UPPCL had invested employees provident fund …

PF scam: UPPCL managing director transferred
5 years, 2 months ago

PF scam: UPPCL managing director transferred

India TV News  

The Adityanath government has removed power secretary and managing director of the Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Limited late on Sunday night. The move comes after the Opposition attacked the BJP government over investments of over Rs 2,600 crore of the employees provident fund of the UPPCL in scam-hit housing fiance firm DHFL. M Devraj, who has returned from central deputation, …

PF scam: ‘Multiple lapses led to investment in shady firm going undetected’
5 years, 2 months ago

PF scam: ‘Multiple lapses led to investment in shady firm going undetected’

Hindustan Times  

The illegal investment of Uttar Pradesh power employees’ provident fund contribution in a Mumbai-based unsecured private housing finance company DHFCL, now a declared defaulter, appears to be a clear case of multi-level lapses resulting in continuance of the scam for two-and-a-half years, people associated with the state’s power sector alleged. HT Image Right from the employees and pensioners’ representatives, who …

Akhilesh takes on Yogi govt over UPPCL PF scam, questions investment in DHFL
5 years, 2 months ago

Akhilesh takes on Yogi govt over UPPCL PF scam, questions investment in DHFL

India Today  

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Sunday hit out at the BJP government over the alleged provident fund scam in Uttar Pradesh Power Corporation Ltd. Yadav said Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath led corrupt BJP government was looking for excuses to divert the public attention and was engaging in vendetta politics by levelling baseless accusations at the previous state government. Lambasting …

UP govt invested Rs 2600-crore employees' fund in tainted DHFL linked to Iqbal Mirchi: Report
5 years, 2 months ago

UP govt invested Rs 2600-crore employees' fund in tainted DHFL linked to Iqbal Mirchi: Report

India Today  

Uttar Pradesh government's alleged dealing with controversial Mumbai company, Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited, has caused a stir in Lucknow. In a questionable decision, the state-owned UP Power Corporation Ltd has reportedly invested its employees' fund worth over Rs 2,600 crore with DHFL, whose promoters have been recently grilled by the Enforcement Directorate for their links with a front company …

PMC Bank scam: Chairman Rakesh Wadhawan, son sent to police custody till Oct 9
5 years, 3 months ago

PMC Bank scam: Chairman Rakesh Wadhawan, son sent to police custody till Oct 9

India Today  

Housing Development Infrastructure Limited chairman and managing director Rakesh Wadhawan and his son Sarang were on Friday sent to police custody till October 9 in the Punjab Maharashtra Cooperative Bank scam. The arrests in the PMC Bank scam case were made a few days after the EOW registered an FIR against senior officials of HDIL and the PMC Bank for …

EPFO recovers Rs 459 crore PF dues out of Rs 1,251 crore outstanding in 2018-19
5 years, 5 months ago

EPFO recovers Rs 459 crore PF dues out of Rs 1,251 crore outstanding in 2018-19

India TV News  

Retirement fund body EPFO has recovered Rs 459.81 crore out of Rs 1,251.44 crore pending provident fund dues during 2018-19, Parliament was informed on Wednesday. The total backlog or outstanding provident fund dues of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation during 2018-19 was Rs 791.63 crore, Labour Minister Santosh Gangwar said in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha. For realising …

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