Archive for February, 2009

Satyam fraud case shifts to CBI-designated court

With CBI taking over the investigation into the Satyam scam, the process of transfer of the case from the VI Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court to the XIV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court began here today.
The XIV Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Court, which is the designated court for CBI cases, will now hear the case [...]

Why the hurry to marry Satyam off?

SEBI and the Company Law Board have shown great alacrity in the last few days, rewriting rules and granting exemptions from legal requirements to help Satyam find a new owner. Yet, with the restatement of the balance sheet still on, how will bidders and the new Board assess the worth of the company, asks RAGHUVIR [...]

Satyam fraud: CBI takes over documents, materials from CID

HYDERABAD: A day after the CBI registered a case in the Rs 7,800-crore Satyam fraud case, the probe agency today took over all the documents and
other materials from the Andhra Pradesh Police.
A team led by DIG V V Lakshmi Narayana met officials of the Andhra Pradesh CID and discussed the investigation conducted so far and [...]

Govt gives go-ahead for Satyam sale

Company can raise authorized capital to Rs280 cr; CLB approval must for issuing shares to strategic investor.
New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday paved the way for the sale of fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services Ltd, although three critical questions remain to be answered: When? For how much? And to whom?

Responding to an application by the firm’s [...]

How will bidders value Satyam?

How does one put a value to Satyam Computer Services when its financial position is not known?
This is one question that’s uppermost in the minds of analysts, marketmen and industry experts even as the Company Law Board (CLB) today gave the scam-tainted IT firm’s stake sale plan the go-ahead.
When contacted, Hinduja and L&T groups, two [...]

Government not to bail out Satyam: Pranab Mukherjee

NEW DELHI: The government on Thursday reiterated that it is not considering any bail-out for the scam-hit Satyam as the company has adequate
assets and can bounce back if run professionally.
“Neither they (Satyam) have asked for it, nor are we coming out with any bail-out package,” finance minister Pranab Mukherjee said in Rajya Sabha, adding that [...]

Bidding norms for Satyam within 10 days

MUMBAI: Admitting for the first time that there was local support for the Mumbai terror attack, police commissioner Hasan Gafoor on Thursday night said some Indian nationals were among the 16 men that also included Pakistanis who were wanted for their role in the carnage.
Gafoor also said that two Indians have already been arrested.
“Fourteen to [...]

ICAI submits interim report on Satyam scam

MUMBAI: The high power committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) on Wednesday submitted its interim report on the financial scam of Satyam Computer Services.
ICAI said the report is interim in nature since restatement of accounts of Satyam is in progress and is expected to take another two months to complete. ICAI [...]

Govt yet to freeze Satyam firms: CID

HYDERABAD: The Crime Investigation Department (CID) is stumped by the huge number of land transactions done by the 324 benami firms of Satyam but
the government has done nothing as yet to put a halt to this business of buying and selling land.
The stamps and registration department has not issued any orders to freeze transactions on [...]

Satyam’s account cleaning to take 6 months

Feb. 6 (Bloomberg) — Kiran Karnik, the former president of India’s software industry lobby Nasscom, was named chairman of Satyam Computer Services Ltd., a day after a chief executive officer was appointed to run the fraud-hit company.
The Serious Fraud Investigation Office is probing 325 companies and 25 persons linked to Hyderabad-based Satyam, Company Affairs Minister [...]

Karnik Named Chairman of Fraud-Hit Satyam Computer

Feb. 6 — Kiran Karnik, the former president of India’s software industry lobby Nasscom, was named chairman of Satyam Computer Services Ltd., a day after a chief executive officer was appointed to run the fraud-hit company.
The Serious Fraud Investigation Office is probing 325 companies and 25 persons linked to Hyderabad-based Satyam, Company Affairs Minister Prem [...]

New Satyam Boss, A.S. Murty - A Sign Of Quick Sale

Elevation of insider Murty to CEO spot indicates the scandal-plagued outsourcer will soon have a new owner.
Scandal-ridden Satyam Computer Services on Thursday named an insider as its new chief executive, a possible harbinger of a quick sale of the outsourcer.
The company named A.S. Murty, formerly its human resources head, to take over from B. Ramalinga [...]

SEBI team reaches jail to question Rajus

Hyderabad: A team of officials from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) reached the Chanchalguda Central Jail here Wednesday to begin questioning Satyam Computer Services founder B. Ramalinga Raju and his brother B. Rama Raju over the Rs.70-billion accounting fraud.

Armed with permission from the Supreme Court to grill the accused, a three-member SEBI [...]

Satyam staff have inflated phone bills too

HYDERABAD: Satyamites are now dealing with yet another `inflated’ reality. Having spent a rather bumpy January over the phone, talking their
hearts out with family and friends, employees are now paying the price, literally, for all the talking they did. Many Satyam employees say their mobile phone bills have sky rocketed this month, what with their [...]

Only SEBI can get to the core of Satyam fraud

There is now a widespread perception that the investigation of the mega fraud at Satyam Computers could have political ramifications. There is a feeling that politicians in high places could be mixed up, even if indirectly, in some of the commercial activities of Ramlingaraju’s family.
Real estate is not only the last bastion of control for [...]