50 verified cases involving Economic offences, newest first.
Manish Sisodia, a senior leader of the Aam Aadmi Party, was arrested in connection with alleged irregularities in the Delhi liquor policy. After spending 17 months in custody, he was granted bail by the Supreme Court of India.
The CBI registered an FIR in July 2022 alleging that Delhi's Excise Policy 2021-22 was manipulated to facilitate monopolisation and cartelisation of the liquor trade, with AAP leaders allegedly receiving kickbacks from liquor manufacturers. The Enforcement Directorate (ED) separately registered a money laundering case under PMLA. On 27 February 2026, the Rouse Avenue Special Court (PC Act) discharged all 23 accused — including former Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal and former Deputy CM Manish Sisodia — holding that no prima facie case was made out and criticising the CBI's investigation. The CBI has since challenged the discharge order before the Delhi High Court — that revision is currently being heard by Justice Manoj Jain after Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma withdrew following contempt proceedings she had initiated against the accused. A parallel ED/PMLA case remains active at the Rouse Avenue Court, the hearing of which was directed to be deferred pending the High Court's disposal of the CBI revision.
Varanasi Commissionerate Police arrested four members of a fraudster gang operating across Mumbai and Delhi who had duped a person in Varanasi on April 20. Police recovered Rs 1.87 crore during the interstate operation.
The Economic Offences Wing of Chennai police arrested Ravi Parthasarathy, the former chairman of the IL&FS Group, in connection with an alleged financial fraud and money laundering case that caused a liquidity crisis.
Multi-crore Punjab and Maharashtra Cooperative (PMC) Bank fraud involving Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) promoters Rakesh Wadhawan and Sarang Wadhawan. The bank had loaned approximately 70% of its deposits to HDIL in violation of RBI guidelines, resulting in massive loan defaults. Accused face charges under IPC sections and the Prevention of Money Laundering Act. The case involves parallel investigations by Mumbai Police Economic Offences Wing and Enforcement Directorate.
The Central Bureau of Investigation and Enforcement Directorate filed appeals in the Delhi High Court challenging the December 2017 acquittal of former telecom minister A Raja, DMK MP K Kanimozhi, and 17 others in the 2G spectrum allocation scam case. In March 2024, the Delhi High Court admitted the CBI's leave to appeal after six years and 125 listings. The appeals are currently at the stage of hearings on admissibility and substantive grounds.
Nirav Modi and his uncle Mehul Choksi are accused of orchestrating a massive fraud at Punjab National Bank's Brady House Branch in Mumbai by allegedly obtaining fraudulent Letters of Undertaking (LoUs) without following due process, causing losses estimated between ₹13,000–14,500 crore to the bank. The CBI registered an FIR and has filed multiple chargesheets before a Special CBI Court in Mumbai — the ED has conducted parallel PMLA proceedings and attached assets worth over ₹18,000 crore. Both primary accused remain at large outside India: Nirav Modi is held in UK custody pending extradition, and Mehul Choksi was arrested in Belgium in 2025 with an Antwerp appellate court having cleared his extradition to India. The domestic trial before the Special CBI Court in Mumbai is ongoing, with supplementary chargesheets continuing to be filed as recently as March 2025.
The Saradha Group, a Kolkata-based conglomerate, allegedly collected deposits of up to Rs 2,500 crore from lakhs of small investors across West Bengal and adjoining states through a Ponzi/collective investment scheme before collapsing in 2013. The Supreme Court of India directed the CBI to take over the investigation from the West Bengal state SIT, citing involvement of politicians and influential persons. Parallel proceedings are ongoing before the CBI's special court and a PMLA court in Kolkata, with multiple accused persons facing trial — in August 2024, the PMLA court dismissed the ED's money-laundering complaint against Senior Advocate Nalini Chidambaram for want of a prima facie case, and the Supreme Court subsequently disposed of her related plea as infructuous.
The CBI registered an FIR in March 2013 alleging criminal conspiracy, cheating, and corruption offences in the procurement of 12 VVIP helicopters from AgustaWestland. Christian Michel James, a British national, is accused of acting as a middleman and facilitating illicit commissions worth €42.27 million. The case is currently in trial stage with ongoing bail and detention proceedings; chargesheet filed by both CBI and ED.
Prakash Industries Limited (PIL) is accused of obtaining Chotia and Fatehpur coal block allocations through fraud and misrepresentation in applications. The case involves allegations of submitting false documents to the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction, generating proceeds of crime through coal extraction and sale, and money laundering via share price manipulation and property acquisition. The Supreme Court cancelled the allocations in 2014. PIL remains accused (not convicted) across CBI/corruption cases and ED/PMLA enforcement proceedings, with ongoing trials and appellate litigation in the Delhi High Court and Supreme Court.