Elon Musk brandished a chainsaw, a gift from Argentina's President Javier Milei, while on stage at the Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, February 20, 2025.
The staffers posed as US Internal Revenue Service department officials, making a daily turnover of Rs 1.5 crore.
The government is awaiting reports from the ED and the US agency before deciding whether or not accounts of the Ramalinga Raju family-promoted Maytas firms need restating.
The accounts of scam-hit IT firm Satyam are in the process of being restated after Raju, its founder chairman, disclosed to fudging accounts for years.
They would call US citizens and demand their financial and bank details, failing which they would allegedly threaten them with dire consequences, including legal action and jail term
The crime branch officials raided the four call centres on Saturday and arrested one person, but his identity was not revealed as it may affect probe in the case.
India and the US inked a tax information sharing agreement under FATCA which will enable automatic exchange of financial information.
The company may also proceed with a plan to spin off more than $30 billion in shares of Alibaba
A partial United States government shutdown over President Donald Trump's demand for $5.7 billion to build a wall along the US-Mexico border entered its 23rd day on Sunday making it the longest shuttering of federal agencies in the country's history, with no end in sight. The closure, which began on December 22, broke a decades-old record by a 1995-1996 shutdown under former US President Bill Clinton that lasted 21 days.
Explaining the modus operandi, Assistant Commissioner of Police (Crime) Mukund Hatote told a Thane court that "best performing" staffers were given reward of up to Rs 1 lakh by the operators of the racket for making US nationals cough up money.
The 33-year-old man, identified as Jagdish Kanani was arrested from suburban Borivali on Sunday night.
Taxpayers might face several issues while filing returns this year.
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