SC on Radia Tapes – unscrupulous elements have used corrupt means to secure favours from Govt. officers

1) The first report submitted by Supreme Court on Nira Radia Tapes has pointed out seventeen matters of criminality or irregularity. Out of these matters, following eight matters are prima facie indicative of Deep-rooted malaise in system exploited by private enterprises in connivance with Govt. officers and others:

1. Supply of low floor buses by Tata Motors to Govt. of TN;
2. Appointment of Chairman of Pipeline Advisory Committee;
3. Allotment of coal blocks to ADAG group;
4. Allotment of iron ore mines to Tata Steel, favours shown to RIL by DG Hydrocarbons;
5. Fudging in subscriber base by Reliance Communication;
6. Touts and middlemen in aviation sector;
7. Market manipulation; and
8. Hammering of stocks of Unitech.

2) The conversations between Ms. Nira Radia and her associates suggests that unscrupulous elements have used corrupt means to secure favours from Govt. officers who appear to have acted for extraneous considerations;

3) CBI directed to make an inquiry on these eight matters and to submit a report within 2 months. Report based on conversations related to corruption or malpractice in judiciary (item No. 8 of the first report) should be referred to Chief Justice of India for consideration and an appropriate action;

4) In its second report, the SC has categorized suspected calls into six categories dealing with corruption in raid/survey by IT officials, CA working as tout of ITO, etc. CBI directed to make an inquiry on these matters also and to submit a report within 2 months. Team appointed by SC to scrutinize remaining Nira Radia tapes - RATAN N. TATA V. UNION OF INDIA (2013) 38 taxmann.com 200 (SC)

CA Student hacks efiling account again!!

CA student hacks tax returns of Shah Rukh, Salman, Sachin Tendulkar, MS Dhoni

Mumbai Police's crime branch on Thursday stumbled upon a Chartered Accountancy (CA) student, who hacked into I-T returns of industrialist Anil Ambani, Bollywood actors Shah Rukh Khan and Salman Khan and cricketers Sachin Tendulkar and MS Dhoni.
Earlier this month, a Hyderabad-based chartered accountant had hacked into Anil Ambani's e-filing of income-tax return account.
With the two cases of illegal access of I-T returns of eminent personalities by CA students, the accounting regulator, ICAI, has said that it will take strict action against the students and cancel their articleship if found guilty.
"We have already set up an enquiry against the CA student who hacked into Anil Ambani's tax returns. As regard the hacking of Bollywood actors and cricketers, we will set up an enquiry by tomorrow against the student," Subodh Aggarwal, president, the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) told The Indian Express.
He said that a newsletter will be issued to make students aware of the consequences and desist them from indulging in such activities.
If found guilty, the articleship of the students would be cancelled, following which they would not be able to pursue their chartered accountancy course.
"This also shows that the government system is so vulnerable. We will take it up with the government," Aggarwal added.
The Mumbai Police, which is probing the alleged hacking by the Hyderabad-based student , said that while probing they found that Ambani's account was also fraudulently accessed from Noida.
This investigation led them to Vishal Kaushal Company, an accountancy firm in Noida, from where another CA student Sanchit Katiyal had hacked into Ambani's account. Katiyal, who is undergoing his articleship, was booked by the cyber crime cell on September 16, and his computer and hard disks were seized.
Katiyal had hacked the accounts out of curiosity, the Mumbai Police said.

Source: The Indian Express dated 27.09.2013

CA student hacks Anil Ambani’s Income-Tax account!!!

 

 A young chartered accountant student from Hyderabad has allegedly hacked into the e-filing of income tax returns account of leading industrialist Anil Ambani, with an intention to know his income and tax amount paid over a period of time, police said on Friday.

The 21-year-old woman, who has been doing her chartered accountancy articleship at Manoj Daga & Company in Hyderabad, was booked under relevant sections of Information Technology Act on September 7, after a preliminary investigation and faces arrest in the case.

“The girl hacked Ambani’s e-filing of Income-Tax returns account with an intention to check the industrialist’s income and tax amount paid by him over the period of time.

After hacking the account of the chairman of Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG), she accessed the details of his income, tax amount paid, PAN card number and even changed twice the password of his e-account on the IT website,” an official involved in the probe said.

According to police, a chartered accountant firm in Mumbai, which files 54-year-old Ambani’s individual tax details, was intimated through an email from IT department on June 26 that as per request, the industrialist’s e-return account had been changed. Again on July 12, the firm received another email stating that second time the password had been changed.

As suspicion grew, the ADAG group representative complained to Joint Police Commissioner (Crime) Himanshu Roy, who directed cyber cell inspector Mukund Pawar to probe the case.

“As preliminary probe suggested it as a clear case of cyber crime since it involved hacking into the e—return account, a case was registered on September 7. Probe revealed that the account was hacked from Manoj Daga & Company’s computer following which a team rushed there and upon questioning, the girl confessed to have hacked into Ambani’s account,” Mr. Pawar said.

The server has been seized, Mr. Pawar said adding that, “we have all technical and physical evidence against her. The accused, who is in Hyderabad, will have to face the arrest.”

The offence was bailable and she will be arrested soon, another police official said.

Source: http://www.thehindu.com/business/Industry/ca-student-hacks-anil-ambanis-it-account/article5124623.ece