The Corporate Affairs Ministry has come to a conclusion that probe into alleged fraud at SpeakAsia can take even more time due to legal difficulties.
The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), under the Ministry, is probing the claimed irregularities at Singapore – based multi-level marketing company SpeakAsia.
In response to a Right to Information (RTI) inquiry on the issue, the Ministry stated the time frame for finishing the SpeakAsia probe is yet to be quantified.
“Investigations into the affairs of the business SpeakAsia Online Pvt Ltd is not yet finalized and due to various legal issues associateded with carrying out examination of a foreign business having operations in India, the time frame for completion has not been quantified,” the Ministry has stated.
As of now, there is no clearness on whether it has the powers to probe irregularities of a business, which is signed up overseas, but has operations in India also.
The investigation agency is awaiting explanations on the issue from the Corporate Affairs and Law Ministries.
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