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ABG SHIPYARD SCANDAL

Ravi Teja (SRO0687543)


B15,Adv ITT
INTRODUCTION
 ABG Shipyard Ltd is a part of the ABG Group
of companies with diversified business
interests.
 It is headquartered in Mumbai.

 ABG became one of the largest private ship

building companies in India with a capacity


to manufacture vessels up to 20 tonnes in
weight.
 In January 2019, a forensic audit by E&Y

revealed that ABG had defrauded a 28-


member consortium of bankers to the tune of
Rs 22000 crores.
KEY PEOPLE

Rishi Kamlesh Agarwal


(former chairman and managing
director)

o Santhanam Muthuswamy
(former executive director of ABG Shipyard Ltd)

o Ashwini Kumar
( Director of ABG Shipyard Ltd)
REASON FOR EXECUTNG SCANDAL
 The company had already taken multiple
projects on hand and with a slowdown in the
shipping industry the orders got cancelled.
 Due to this the situation became worse as

ABG failed on paying multiple interest


payments.
 The NCLT Ahmedabad Branch undertook an

investigation and appointed E&Y as the


suitors.
 The report submitted by E&Y mentioned that

due to the global downturn of the shipping


industry lead to execute scandal.
 Company had literally no business in the
FACTS
 In 2020, the ABG Shipyard scandal came to

light,revealing a massive bank fraud case.


 It involved the misappropriation of funds

borrowed from a consortium of 28 banks.


 ABG Shipyard allegedly diverted funds throug

h the creation of 27 paper companies and


38 Singapore-based entities.
 These funds, meant for business operations,

were instead used for personal gains and inv


estments in tax havens.
 The fraud resulted in a financial loss of
o The investigation was spearheaded by the
enforcement Directorate (ED) and the
Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
o Earlier in October 2016, Standard Chartered bank
filed a criminal complaint with Economic Offences
Wing in Maharashtra for cheating them of
Rs 200 crore loan as they failed to repay the
short-term loan.
o The money spread in these banks is ICICI (7089
Crore Rs), IDBI (1614 crore Rs), SBI (2925 Crore
Rs), PNB (1228 Crore Rs.), Bank of Baroda (1244
Crore Rs.), Indian Overseas Bank (1228 Crore Rs.)
etc.
CONSEQUENCES
 The Central Bureau of Investigation has
arrested it's promoter Rishi Kamlesh Agarwal.
 The CBI has seized incriminating documents,

i.e account books of ABG Shipyards, its sale-


purchase details, minutes of board meetings,
share registers, contract files.
 N V D and Associates was deputed to conduct

a stock audit of ABG Shipyard Ltd in the Year


2016.
 Look Out Circulars (LOCs) against the accused

have already been opened by the CBI. The


State Bank of India had also opened LOCs
against the main accused in 2019.
FINANCIAL POSITION
Amount in Crores

Source :Moneycontrol.com

Amount in Crores

Source:Moneycontrol.co
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SHARE PRICE FLUCTUATIONS

Source:Moneycontrol.com
CONCLUSIONS
 Banks and Financial institutions must conduct
proper verification on creditworthiness of
borrower before disbursement of loan.
 Banks must regularly monitor repayments of

loan.
 Cross verification of documents must be

done by banks with help of third party


sources.
 Investor must go through the Annual Report

of the company before investing.

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