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ED Kochi unit officer named first accused in bribery case; Chartered Accountant arrested.

17.05.2025

According to officials, Warrier, a Chartered Accountant, provided information about the businessman to Wilson, who later posed as a mediator for ED officials and demanded money.

KOCHI: The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) has named an Assistant Director of the Enforcement Directorate (ED), read more »

Graft case: CBI officer who sought Honda City car as bribe convicted in Chandigarh.

03.05.2025

During the trial, the defence counsels argued that the accused have been falsely implicated by the company, and no such demand was made by the accused.

The Special CBI (Central Bureau of Investigation) Court of Chandigarh on Friday held a CBI inspector guilty in read more »

Haryana: CBI court jails 3 excise officials for 4 years in corruption case.

05.03.2025

The convicted officials were found guilty under Section 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and various provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988

A special CBI court in Panchkula has sentenced three central excise officials to four years of rigorous read more »

Chennai Customs Additional Commissioner Sent To Prison Till Feb 25 in Rs.2 Crore Green Peas Import Scam.

14.02.2025

A Chennai Court has sent the Additional Commissioner of Customs, M. Sathishkumar, till February 25 for his alleged role in a Rs.2 crore green peas import fraud.

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) arrested him on Wednesday, exposing a major smuggling racket that has read more »

CBI arrests Customs official in corruption case.

31.01.2025

The Mumbai unit of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Customs official in a corruption case. The official, Vineet Dhattarwal, has been accused of demanding an undue advantage of Rs.4 lakh for clearing an import consignment.

MUMBAI: The Mumbai unit of read more »

Three customs and central excise officials convicted in bribery case by CBI special court in Haryana.

29.01.2025

CHANDIGARH: The Special CBI court for Haryana in Panchkula on Wednesday convicted three officials of the Customs and Central Excise Department after they were found guilty in a case of bribery registered against them.

The decision came from the court of Rajiv Goyal, the read more »

CBI Court Sentences Ex Customs Superintendent.

09.01.2025

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Court sentences then Customs Superintendent, Uran, Dist. Raigad to two years’ Imprisonment with fine of Rs. 50,000 in a case of Disproportionate Assets.

The Special Judge for CBI cases, Mumbai sentenced Shri Peeyush Kumar Pandey, then Supdt. of read more »

CBI arrests ED official on corruption charges, court directs his release, terming arrest illegal.

09.01.2025

Vishal Deep, who is currently the assistant director of the ED in New Delhi, was arrested on Tuesday in Mumbai by the CBI's Chandigarh team. The special court termed the arrest illegal and directed that Deep be released on a bond on Wednesday evening.

Navi Mumbai: CBI Books Two Customs Superintendents At JNPT For Alleged Bribery In AEO Certification Process.

08.01.2025

The complainant stated that his company was representing two firms seeking AEO certification at JNCH. They applied online in July and September 2024 for the certificate. On November 12, 2024, both superintendents visited the companies’ premises for physical verification and demanded Rs 3 lakh as a bribe read more »

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ED Official Held By CBI Over ‘60L-Bribe’ Says-Framed – Court Gives Bail.

08.01.2025

Mumbai: CBI on Tuesday arrested an assistant director from ED's Shimla division from a luxury residential complex in Andheri after pursuing him for two weeks in a corruption case. A court granted him bail on Wednesday, declaring his arrest unlawful due to procedural irregularities. Making counter-allegations, the read more »

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Case against wife of SEEPZ officer for helping launder tainted money.

06.01.2025

Mumbai: In a corruption case involving two Indian Revenue Service officers posted in SEEPZ (Santacruz Electronics Export Processing Zone), the CBI has registered a new case against the wife of one of the officers for facilitating the laundering of tainted money through her firm.

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CBI Registers Case Against 2 Inspectors Of Customs & Central Excise.

04.01.2025

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case against 3 accused including 02 Inspectors of Customs & Central Excise and a Canara Bank Officer posted at RGIA (Hyderabad) and conducts searches.

CBI has registered a case against three accused including two Inspectors read more »

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CBI Files Bribery Case Against Customs Inspectors at Hyderabad Airport.

04.01.2025

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a bribery case against three individuals, including two Customs and Central Excise Inspectors at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (RGIA), Hyderabad, and an officer from Canara Bank’s Customs Duty Collection Counter. The case also includes unknown others allegedly involved in read more »

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Hyderabad: CBI books two customs officials, bank official for bribery.

03.01.2025

Conducts searches at 5 places in Hyderabad, Muzaffarpur and Mansa which led to the recovery of Rs 4.76 lakh cash and incriminating documents

Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a bribery case against three persons, including two Inspectors of Customs and Central Excise, read more »

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CBI court jails retired assistant commissioner of central excise and customs his wife in disproportionate assets case.

30.12.2024

VISAKHAPATNAM: A CBI special court in Visakhapatnam convicted a retired Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise and Customs and his wife in a 13-year-old disproportionate assets case.

Principal Special Judge for CBI Cases, Visakhapatnam, CN Murthy sentenced former Assistant Commissioner of Central Excise and Customs, read more »

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CBI looks for ED officer on the run in Shimla, finds cash in his car, residence.

28.12.2024

The ED officer concerned is an Assistant Director. His brother, a manager with a public sector bank and posted in Delhi, was taken into custody by the CBI in the same case.

An Enforcement Directorate (ED) officer posted in Shimla is on the run read more »

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Shimla ED official accused of taking bribe searched, Rs. 1 crore in cash seized.

28.12.2024

The CBI carried out the searches against the accused official at the ED office in the Himachal Pradesh capital as well as his residence and recovered the cash.

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Enforcement Directorate Assistant Director absconding, brother arrested

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Navi Mumbai: CBI Files Chargesheet Against Customs Officer & Two Others In Rs. 1 Crore Bribery Case.

24.12.2024

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against three persons in a bribery case, including Shylender Kumar Singh, the then preventive officer at Jawaharlal Nehru Custom House (JNCH), Nhava Sheva, and two private persons, Sanjay Shinde and Swami Dhoble. The charges include criminal conspiracy, read more »

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SEEPZ bribery racket – Court releases 2 IRS officers held by CBI – calls arrest illegal.

19.12.2024

A special court on Wednesday released six individuals, including two senior IRS officers, after their arrest by the CBI on allegations of corruption at the special economic zone at SEEPZ.

The release came after the accused were produced in court on Wednesday. According to read more »

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CBI arrests 2 IRS officers, five other people for alleged corruption in SEEPZ Mumbai.

18.12.2024

During the searches, the CBI has seized documents of 25 properties from Chauhan believed to be worth Rs 40 crore, the officials said.

In an operation that started Tuesday, the CBI has arrested the IRS officers--Joint Development Commissioner CPS Chauhan and Deputy Development Commissioner read more »

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Andhra Pradesh: CBI nabs CGST Inspector trapped in 3.2 lakh bribery case in Tirupati.

17.12.2024

An Inspector of the Central GST who demanded and accepted bribe from a businessman was nabbed in a trap by the CBI officials in Tirupathi

Hyderabad: Officials of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a CGST Inspector of Tirupati GST Commissionerate alongwith representative read more »