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3 Oct, 23 tweets, 18 min read

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🚨 After #Panama, it’s #PandoraPapers: facing regulatory heat, elite Indians find new ways to ringfence wealth in secret havens #ExpressInvestigation | @ICIJorg
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@iyervaidy

Why does this matter? There are at least 380 persons of Indian nationality in the #PandoraPapers. These are a part of 11.9 million leaked files from 14 global corporate services firms. @iyervaidy explains bit.ly/3A7JZ07 #ExpressExplained

Secret records of #PandoraPapers investigated by us show several cases of big-ticket loan defaulters who declare themselves bankrupt before recovery tribunals – some have even arrested – but hold billions via offshore entities. #ExpressInvestigation

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Our #ExpressInvestigation reveals Anil Ambani and his representatives own at least 18 offshore companies in Jersey, BVI and Cyprus. Set up between 2007 and 2010, seven of these companies have borrowed and invested at least $1.3 billion. #PandoraPapers bit.ly/3Fcezt3

Earlier this year, SEBI barred Allegro Capital Private Ltd and its majority shareholder Kunal Ashok Kashyap, from trading in stock market for a year. What SEBI did not know then was that Kashyap is ‘Protector’ of The Deanstone Trust... And here's the web: bit.ly/3mpc0Lw

Sachin Tendulkar, who served as an MP, his wife Anjali and father-in-law Anand Mehta, are named as BOs and Directors of a BVI-based company: Saas International Ltd, as per an investigation of records of Panama law firm Alcogal, part of #PandoraPapers bit.ly/3uyqYTm

At least 10 members of Gandhi family friend Satish Sharma’s family including his wife Sterre, children and grandchildren are among the beneficiaries of a trust, the Jan Zegers Trust — a declaration Sharma never made to the EC #PandoraPapers bit.ly/3l691Z5

Niira Radia, whose name earlier figured in both #PanamaPapers and #ParadisePapers, once again figures in the #PandoraPapers with about a dozen offshore firms and a more detailed account of transactions
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Despite a sweeping enforcement crackdown including attachment of properties worth hundreds of crores, members of the Iqbal Mirchi family have been one step ahead with fresh offshore deals that link a retired Pakistan Army general as well. #PandoraPapers bit.ly/3Da6fIE

A month before fugitive diamond jeweller Nirav Modi fled India, his sister Purvi Modi set up a firm in the BVI to act as a corporate protector of a trust formed through the Trident Trust Company, Singapore. #ExpressInvestigation #PandoraPapers bit.ly/3Fc1gsF

The now arrested promoter of bankrupt travel firm Cox and Kings Ltd, Ajay Ajit Peter Kerkar, owns two BVI trusts and is connected to at least half a dozen offshore firms, an investigation of records in the #PandoraPapers reveals bit.ly/3Da6J1q

The brother of billionaire Gautam Adani set up a company in the BVI three years ago, records in the #PandoraPapers reveal. He now claims the company has been “closed”. His son Pranav Adani is on the board of several Adani Group companies in India. bit.ly/3Da6P9i

Jackie Shroff was the prime beneficiary of a trust set up in New Zealand by his mother-in-law, He also made “substantial contributions” to this trust, which had a Swiss bank account and owned an offshore company registered, records show. #PandoraPapers bit.ly/3B9DTgT

An offshore stakeholder in JCT Ltd, which has been declared as a “non-promoter” by the Punjab-based textile giant, is linked to its own chairman and managing director Samir Thapar, records in the #PandoraPapers reveal #ExpressInvestigation
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@mazoomdaar

WATCH VIDEO: What is #PandoraPapers all about? Our #ExpressInvestigation team explains - Ritu Sarin, @mazoomdaar, @iyervaidy
@Tweetsandeep @khushboo_n @RTIExpress

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#PandoraPapers | In December 2016, Lt General (retired) Rakesh Kumar Loomba registered Rarint Partners Ltd in Seychelles along with son Rahul Loomba. indianexpress.com/article/expres…
- Ritu Sarin reports #ExpressInvestigation

@mazoomdaar

#PandoraPaper | In 2008, show records of Appleby, #PramodMittal made an “inter group transfer” of an aircraft registered in the name of Global Aircraft Limited,a Bermuda company,by transferring its shares from GSHL to Prasan PTC Ltd indianexpress.com/article/expres…
- @mazoomdaar reports.

@iyervaidy

#PandoraParers | The documents reveal the links of Gaurav Burman, fifth generation scion of Dabur’s Burman family and husband of Lalit Modi’s stepdaughter Karima, with the #KingsXIPunjab franchisee indianexpress.com/article/expres…
- @iyervaidy reports #ExpressInvestigation

#PandoraParers | Beginning Monday, The Indian Express has begun a series of investigative reports that show how Indian elites have found ingenious new ways to ring-fence their assets abroad from scrutiny at home. Read more: indianexpress.com/article/busine…

@khushboo_n

#PandoraPapers | The IRAS asked for details of Timblo’s Colares Trust in Singapore and its three underlying firms – Calheta Holdings Ltd in Samoa, Cazar Finance SA in the British Virgin Islands and Panama-based Corylus Assets Inc. indianexpress.com/article/expres…
- @khushboo_n reports.

@RTIExpress

#PandoraPaper | The Register of Directors of Beecool Global Holdings Limited states that ever since September 4, 2012, the Timberlane Trust held 50,000 ordinary shares of USD1 each of Beecool Global Holdings Limited. indianexpress.com/article/expres…
- @RTIExpress reports.

@Tweetsandeep

#PandoraPapers | Documents show that of $35.39 million assets of Carmichael Inc, $12.4 million was in cash and equivalent, and $22.9 million (market value $24.25 million) in investments.
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- @Tweetsandeep reports.

What do the #PandoraPapers say about these entities? Also, if trusts are not illegal, what is the investigation about? indianexpress.com/article/explai…

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