Who is Mehul Choksi?
Mehul Choksi is a fugitive Indian businessman and the owner of Gitanjali Group, a retail jewellery firm with 4,000 stores in India. Choksi is currently residing in Antigua and Barbuda where he holds citizenship. Choksi, along with his nephew Nirav Modi, is wanted by Indian authorities in the Punjab National Bank (PNB) scam where it is alleged that the Choksi-Modi duo defrauded the bank of more than Rs 14,000 crore. An arrest warrant has been issued against Choksi and he is wanted in India for criminal conspiracy, criminal breach of trust, cheating and dishonesty including delivery of property, corruption, and money laundering.
Early life
PNB scam
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All the proceedings against Choksi of illegal entry into Dominica were dropped on May 20, the spokesperson said.
Fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi on Saturday got relief from the Commonwealth of Dominica where he was charged with illegal entry by the police
The CBI has filed a fresh case against Mehul Choksi, wanted along with his nephew Nirav Modi in a loan fraud case of Rs 13,500 crore, for allegedly inflating the value of diamonds and jewellery
These figures were mentioned in the note submitted by Tushar Mehta in the SC, which is hearing arguments on a batch of petitions concerning the interpretation of certain provisions of PMLA
Solicitor General Tushar Mehta informed the Supreme Court that Rs 18,000 crore have been returned to the banks in the case of Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi, and Mehul Choksi.
Sebi has barred fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi and one Rakesh Girdharlal Gajera from the capital markets for one year
Popular discourse is quick to crown as kings people who achieve so much success that it feels inadequate to describe them as successful.
In an exclusive interview with Business Standard, diamantaire Mehul Choksi claims he turned a defaulter only after banks "wrongly implicated" him in the Nirav Modi case and his assets were seized
Mehul Choksi has moved the Bombay High Court seeking that the proceedings initiated against him by ED, which has sought that he be declared a fugitive economic offender, be kept in abeyance.
Diamantaire Mehul Choksi has landed in Antigua and Barbuda, after 51 days of custody in neighbouring Dominica for illegal entry which his lawyers claim was a kidnapping plan, local media reported
A trial court here has granted bail to Dhanesh Vrajlal Sheth, the managing director of three firms accused in the multi-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud case
Indian Fugitive jeweller Mehul Choksi was allowed to travel back to Antigua and Barbuda after he was granted bail by a Dominica High Court
Diamantaire Mehul Choksi will 'only' return to Dominica to face trial for illegal entry into that country when a doctor 'certifies' that he is fit to stand trial, media there reported
The bail granted by the Dominica Court is strictly for medical treatment in Antigua
Alleging that his arrest in Dominica for illegal entry was "dictated" by representatives of the Indian government, Mehul Choksi has filed a case in high court of Roseau, seeking to quash proceedings
India on Friday said that it is closely monitoring legal proceedings against fugitive businessmen Mehul Choksi, and Nirav Modi.
Dominica Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has termed "total nonsense" the claims that his government was involved in alleged abduction of diamantaire Mehul Choksi
Complaint against Michael Polak, lawyer of Indian fugitive businessman Mehul Choksi, has been registered to the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) in England and Wales
The diamantaire's implication in his nephew's defrauding of PNB is well documented. Less well known is the sharp practices he employed in his Indian businesses long before this global scandal erupted