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Media website Cobrapost Monday presented evidence that the money laundering racket in this country was happening on a massive scale with at least 23 financial services companies, including state-owned banks, LIC and private insurers, being party to it.
An extract from the Cobrapost release on how banks and insurers are helping their Indian customers launder money:
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Accept huge amounts of unaccounted cash to invest it in insurance products, and sometimes in gold as well.
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Open an account to route the cash into various investment schemes of the bank or insurance arms.
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Do it even without the mandatory PAN card or adhering to KYC norms.
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Arrange forged PAN cards to facilitate investment of huge unaccounted cash.
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Split the money into tranches, below the reporting threshold, to get it into the banking system without being detected.
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Use accounts of other customers to channelize the black money into the system for a fee.
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Get demand drafts made for the client either from their own banks or from other banks to facilitate investment without it showing up in the client’s account.
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