BSLP has been at the forefront, prosecuting numerous white-collar crime cases against top-level management in several organisations. Some of these cases have led to high-level cover-ups being exposed resulting in leadership changes at several related banks and other organisations.
The White Collar offenses listed above fall under one or more of the following statutes: Essential Commodities Act 1955, the Industrial (Development and Regulation) Act, 1951, The Import and Exports (Control) Act, 1947, the Foreign Exchange (Regulation) Act, 1974, the Foreign Exchange Management Act 1999 (FEMA), Delhi Special Police Establishment (CBI), Companies Act, 2013, Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) 2002, Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1992, the Information Technology Act, 2000, and the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988.
BSLP’s multi-disciplinary litigation team frequently handles the defense under the above-referenced statutory cases. BSLP is equipped to engage third-party independent investigations into serious and complex commercial and regulatory fraud cases on behalf of our clients in order to defend them before various judicial fora. The BSLP team also advises clients who may become involved in investigations and proceedings by criminal and regulatory agencies such as CBI, ED, and SFIO.
A number of high-profile money laundering cases had resulted in BSLP prosecuting borrowers who fraudulently siphoned-off money from Indian banks to overseas accounts and were doing business in the country. In such cases the firm has vast experience in coordinating with investigators and forensic accountants for drawing out the exact nature of crime and prosecuting the perpetrators.
BSLP also assists foreign businesses operating in the country with false criminal cases filed against them to settle business disputes.
Our White-Collar Crime Defense and Fraud Investigation practice includes:
- Corporate Finance.
- Gathering, safeguarding, ensuring and breaking down proof to help reveal realities and distinguish people included.
- Examining and establishing compliance policies.
- Helping Indian organizations to tweak their enemy of defilement and pay off approach to suit Indian and International law.
- Conducting training and awareness programs.
- Detection, incident management and risk mitigation.
- Liaising with inside and outside offices to give start to finish the management of break of security and misrepresentation occurrences.
- Liaising with internal and external agencies to strategically mitigate damage to reputation and unwarranted publicity.
- Structuring an organisation’s response to an incident.
- Implementing processes to handle future incidents in-house.
- Litigation support in criminal and civil proceedings.
- Representing the in interior investigations and criminal and implementation matters started by the government.
- Money Laundering,
- Extradition,
- Financial frauds,
- Embezzlement,
- Black money,
- Undisclosed Foreign Assets,
- Corporate Governance,
- Defamation,
- Foreign Exchange Management,
- Sexual Harassment,
- Blood crimes,
- Cyber Crimes,
- Extortion,
- Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act.