Two Price Waterhouse partners arrested for Satyam fraud

January 23rd, 2009 HYDERABAD - Two officials of PricewaterhouseCoopers, the firm that audited fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services' books, were arrested Saturday for their alleged role in the irregularities. The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of the Andhra Pradesh police, probing the Rs.70 billion (Rs.7,000 crore/$1.43 billion) fraud in the IT bellwether, arrested chief relationship partner S.

March 17th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), which is probing the Rs.78 billion (Rs.7,800 crore) fraud in Satyam Computer Services, Tuesday sought custody of disgraced chairman of the IT major B. Ramalinga Raju, his brother B.

January 9th, 2009 HYDERABAD - In the third arrest in the Satyam Computer Services scam, the former chief financial officer (CFO) of the IT bellwether Vadlamani Srinivas was held by Andhra Pradesh police Saturday night in connection with the Rs.70 billion fraud. Srinivas was very close to the company's founder chairman B.

January 12th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Former interim CEO of Satyam Computer Services Ram Mynampati is in the US, the company clarified Tuesday while denying reports that he had been arrested by Andhra Pradesh police. A Satyam spokesperson said Mynampati was meeting clients in the US and the reports of his arrest and interrogation were not true.

February 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - The Rs.70 billion (Rs.7,000 crore) accounting fraud at Satyam computer Services was not a corporate scam but a 'governmental scandal', senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L.K. Advani said.

January 6th, 2009 HYDERABAD/NEW DELHI - The Andhra Pradesh government Wednesday ordered a preliminary inquiry by the crime branch of the police into a financial fraud by IT major Satyam Computers. Chief Minister Y.S.

March 5th, 2009 CHENNAI - Global audit firm PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) is cleaning up its Indian stables in the wake of the accounting scandal in Satyam Computer Services. According to a statement by the firm, an advisory board is being set up to provide guidance to the PwC leadership on its strategy and actions.

February 21st, 2009 HYDERABAD - Fraud-hit Satyam Computer Services Saturday decided to invite a strategic investor to keep India's fourth largest software outsourcer running, and will soon announce the details of the process it has adopted for the purpose. The decision was taken at a meeting here of the central government-appointed board of directors.

March 7th, 2009 HYDERABAD - B. Suryanarayana Raju, the younger brother of disgraced founder of Satyam Computer Services B.

January 10th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Andhra Pradesh police Sunday continued interrogation of Vadlamani Srinivas, the former chief financial officer (CFO) of the IT bellwether Satyam Computers, in connection with the Rs.70 billion fraud. CID officials said they would produce Srinivas before a magistrate later in the day.

January 26th, 2009 HYDERABAD - PriceWaterhouse has suspended two of its employees for their alleged involvement in the fraud at Satyam Computer Services, the Indian arm of the global auditing firm said Tuesday. 'In light of recent allegations, chief relationship partner S.

January 7th, 2009 HYDERABAD - Mendu Rammohan Rao, dean of the prestigious International School of Business (ISB) here, Thursday resigned from his position in the wake of the financial fraud at Satyam Computers. He was a member of the Satyam board when the irregularities were committed.

January 10th, 2009 HYDERABAD - A magistrate here Sunday remanded former Satyam Computer Services chief financial officer (CFO) Vadlamani Srinivas into judicial custody till Jan 23 for the Rs.70 billion fraud in the IT bellwether. Srinivas was taken to Chanchalguda central jail, where the company's disgraced founder and former chairman B.

February 25th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The Andhra Pradesh government Wednesday promised to render all possible assistance to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in probing the massive fraud in Satyam Computer Services after the High Court expressed its displeasure over the lack of cooperation with the investigating team. On a direction from the court, the government filed a report within two and half hours, detailing the steps it would take to extend cooperation with the multi-disciplinary team of the CBI.

February 15th, 2009 HYDERABAD - The Satyam fraud investigation has been been handed over to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Corporate Affairs Minister P.C. Gupta said here Monday.