Serious Fraud Investigation Office
Recently, the Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) arrested a chartered accountant in Hyderabad in connection with his role during the demonetisation period.
About SFIO
- It was set up in 2003 on the basis of recommendations of the Naresh Chandra Committee on corporate governance in the backdrop of stock market scams, the failure of non-financial banking companies and the phenomena of vanishing companies and plantation companies.
- It is a multi-disciplinary organisation under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs.
- It consists of experts in the fields of accountancy, forensic auditing, law, information technology, investigation, company law, capital market and taxation.
- SFIO is headed by ....