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In Telangana's biggest Benami Act attachment, educational firm’s Rs 162 crore shares under income tax lens

The benami prohibition unit (BPU) of the income tax (I-T) investigation department in Hyderabad has provisionally attached shares worth Rs 162 crore, belonging to a company running an educational institution.

This is the largest attachment made under the Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Act in the Telugu states since the Act came into force in 2016. On March 20, the BPU issued a public notice regarding the provisional attachment of 16.2 crore shares (each valued at Rs 10) of Marredpally-based Calken Educational Services Private Limited. These shares are held by Botswana-based NRIs – Manhar Mooney, Gaurang Manhar Mooney and Dina Gaurang Mooney. According to the BPU, these shares are considered benami properties. The BPU has formally communicated with the Registrar of Companies, instructing them not to allow any transfer of the said shares until further notice.

The beneficial owners of these shares are identified as AM Emanuel, Ashish LW Emanuel, and Niharika Philomena Emanuel Lawrence. It is alleged that the Botswana-based NRIs hold the shares for the direct or indirect benefit of the Emanuel family.

The case involves the sale, transfer, and restructuring of immovable properties located in Bowenpally and Keesara, along with the infusion of share capital into Calken Ltd and the movement of substantial funds across multiple entities, which points to a benami arrangement.

Two key immovable properties – approximately 5.6 acres in Bowenpally and 3.7 acres in Keesara – have been owned by the Emanuel family for over three decades. They were leased to St Louis Educational Society, run by AM Emanuel and his family, which operates the St Andrew's group of schools using these properties for educational purposes.

The investigation revealed that although Manhar, Gaurang Manhar, and Dina Gaurang appeared as legal owners of shares in Oaktree Infra Developers Private Ltd and Calken Ltd, they had no actual authority or financial control.

Through a series of structured transactions – including the sale of immovable property, share value appreciation, and reinvestment into linked entities – the beneficial ownership remained with the Emanuel family, BPU alleged.

The BPU stated that this complex structuring appeared deliberate and designed to conceal the true nature of ownership in order to avoid capital gains tax liability. Under Section 2(9) of the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, a benami transaction occurs when a property is held by one person, but the consideration is paid by another for the latter's direct or indirect benefit.

The group's website clearly identifies Calken as a group company. Oaktree Infra authorised P Janakinath Sharma to execute the transactions and appointed him as a director. However, Janakinath received his salary from various entities linked to the beneficial owners.

In his social media profile, Janakinath declares himself as manager of accounts at St Andrew's Educational Services Private Ltd. A spokesperson for Calken Educational Services said, "The income tax department had earlier issued notices seeking information on our business activities over the past seven years, to which we duly responded. Subsequently, a show cause notice was issued on Feb 4, 2025, and we submitted a detailed response addressing all allegations.

However, without giving due consideration to our submissions, an order has now been issued, communicating the provisional attachment of the shares. This attachment has not been approved by the adjudicating authority in Chennai, whose approval is mandatory. Until such approval is granted, the attachment is neither binding nor effective. We are reviewing the order and will follow due legal process to present our case before the authority."

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38, Defrauded Victim, 91, out of $400K, Prosecutor says

A 38-year-old Warren County man faces charges of defrauding a 91-year-old man out of $400,000 by promising to put up collateral he didn’t own, authorities said Friday.

Christopher Sterlacci, 38, of Asbury, is accused of theft by deception and failing to file and pay New Jersey state income taxes, according to the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office.

Authorities say the charges stem from a loan agreement Sterlacci made in May 2021 with the older resident.

The victim allegedly loaned Sterlacci $400,000 under an agreement that several vehicles and properties would serve as collateral.

However, investigators later discovered that Sterlacci did not own the collateral he pledged, the prosecutor’s office said in a statement.

“After defaulting on the terms of the loan, it was discovered that the properties and vehicles were not owned by Sterlacci,” Hunterdon County Prosecutor Renee M. Robeson said in a news release.

In March 2023, the victim reached out to detectives with the Hunterdon County Prosecutor’s Office to report the alleged fraud, Robeson said.

Following an investigation, authorities charged Sterlacci on Oct. 23 with one count of second-degree theft by deception, one count of third-degree failure to file a New Jersey tax return, and one count of third-degree failure to pay taxes, fees, penalties, or interest.

Anyone with information related to this investigation is asked to call the prosecutor’s office at 908-788-1129.

“This case has no business in a criminal court. This is a civil loan dispute which has been litigated in multiple civil lawsuits over the course of years,” Adams said.

“The commencement of a criminal case is not legally justified or appropriate,” the attorney said, adding that Sterlacci “has made good on the relevant loan and repaid the principal and interest due.”

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Pilih Kerajaan Negeri sehaluan Kerajaan Persekutuan supaya lebih baik kata Anwar

Kerajaan persekutuan memainkan peranan besar yang tidak dapat dinafikan dalam pembangunan ekonomi negeri, kata Anwar Ibrahim.

Perdana menteri berkata kejayaan sesuatu projek terutama berimpak tinggi yang dibangunkan di negeri turut berkait dengan dana dikeluarkan kerajaan persekutuan.

Katanya, memiliki kerajaan negeri sehaluan dengan kerajaan persekutuan adalah “lebih baik” untuk memudahkan urusan pentadbiran, apatah lagi jika para pemimpinnya “bersifat sopan dan bijak”.

“Tapi, akhirnya rakyat yang pilih. Namun, kalau dicerita soal pembangunan ekonomi, katalah di Kedah paling tinggi (pembangunan) contohnya di Taman Teknologi Tinggi Kulim (KHTP), pelaburannya daripada kerajaan persekutuan.

“Kalau nak kata Kedah sudah berjaya, itu hasil daripada dana kerajaan persekutuan yang hampir keseluruhannya. Saya tidak nafi ada peranan daripada kerajaan negeri tetapi kerajaan persekutuan lebih besar peranannya,” katanya

Anwar Ibrahim dalam Program Temu Anwar di Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) Sintok, menjawab persoalan mahasiswa sama ada rakyat perlu memilih kerajaan negeri yang selari Persekutuan atau sebaliknya.

Anwar berkata, sektor tertentu seperti minyak dan gas menjadi penyumbang tertinggi dalam pertumbuhan ekonomi di negeri Pantai Timur misalnya adalah kerana melibatkan Petronas yang berada di bawah kerajaan persekutuan.

“Saya ada beritahu menteri besar (Terengganu) bahawa ketika ke China ada pelaburan syarikat petrokimia yang nak ke Johor, saya cakap lihat juga Terengganu sebab ada potensi. Baru ini ada cadangan tenaga angin (melibatkan) kos tinggi yang bercadang nak eksport ke Singapura

“Saya kata angin yang kuat di sebelah Pantai Timur, maka saya pilih Kelantan atau Terengganu. Esok kalau sampai (projek itu) ke sana saya tak mahu nafikan peranan orang Terengganu dan kerajaannya tapi jangan nafikan sebenarnya kekuatan itu daripada kerajaan persekutuan,” katanya.

Menjelang PRN Kedah yang diadakan serentak di lima negeri lain, gabungan Pakatan Harapan-Barisan Nasional Kedah melancarkan kempen “Kalih Bagi Sama”, dalam usaha merampas kerajaan negeri agar sealiran dengan kerajaan persekutuan.

PRN  6 Negeri hanyalah memilih negeri dan Kerajaan Persekutuan kekal Kerajaan Perpaduan. Negeri-negeri ini akan mengekalkan status quo atau hanya bertukar kerajaan. Misalnya Selangor, Negeri Sembilan dan Pulau Pinang sebelum ini Kerajaan PH dan Kelantan, Terengganu dan Kedah adalah PAS PN. 

Manakala UMNO/BN sebelum ini telah memenangi Johor, Melaka, Perak dan Pahang.

Sabah dan Sarawak telah melaksanakan Pilihanraya Negeri sebelum ini yang kini dikuasai GRS dan GPS.

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Indian-Origin Company Director Banned For Misuse Of Covid Loan In UK

London: A 42-year-old Indian-origin company director who failed to account for around GBP 45,000 from a UK government COVID-19 support loan for businesses has been banned from operating a venture for seven years.

Rupinder Kaur Thaker from Essex in south-east England was appointed director of TKML Limited in April 2016 at the same time the company was incorporated.

The UK's Insolvency Service said questions persist around what TKML Limited did with a GBP 45,000 Bounce Back Loan and whether the company was even entitled to a loan of that size.

Effective from next Tuesday, Thaker is banned from directly, or indirectly, becoming involved in the promotion, formation or management of a company, without the permission of the court.

“Despite repeated requests for books and records, Rupinder Thaker failed to provide the liquidator with any evidence that could have helped explain the legitimacy of the company's financial affairs,” said Lawrence Zussman, Deputy Head of Insolvent Investigations.

“Especially the GBP 45,000 Bounce Back Loan intended to support viable businesses during the pandemic. Rupinder Thaker has been removed from the business environment for seven years and her lengthy disqualification provides a stark warning that failing to maintain company books and records is a serious offence,” he said.

TKML Limited entered into creditors' voluntary liquidation in 2021 and the company's insolvency triggered an investigation by the Insolvency Service.

Investigators first uncovered several inconsistencies in the explanations provided by Thaker when asked about the company.

The entry for TKML Limited on the company register stated the nature of business as takeaway food shops and mobile food stands, and Thaker's occupation as a publicist.

But in the report to creditors the company was described as providing catering services and décor supplies for wedding ceremonies.

Further enquiries found that between May 2019 and when the company went into insolvency in June 2021, the company director had failed to preserve and/or maintain adequate accounting records or failed to deliver them to the liquidator.

This meant investigators could not verify several substantial transactions.

Besides the loan, more than GBP 250,000 paid out of the company bank account remains unexplained and doubts persist over whether GBP 11,000 stated by Thaker as being owed to her and a connected company were accurate.

Earlier this month, UK Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Kwasi Kwarteng accepted a seven-year disqualification undertaking from Rupinder Thaker after she did not dispute that she "failed to ensure that TKML Limited preserved and/or maintained adequate accounting records, or in the alternative, failed to deliver up adequate accounting records to the liquidator".

Disqualification undertakings are the administrative equivalent of a disqualification order but do not involve court proceedings.

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Emerson Estupinan Beltran, soliciting prostitution, third-degree felony

Indictments are not an indication of guilt, only that the grand jury believed a jury of the defendant’s peers should determine if a crime had been committed.

Due to space limitations, here is a partial list of those individuals indicted, the charges and the punishments they face, along with the date of the alleged offense and judge assigned to hear their cases, are:

Emerson Estupinan Beltran, soliciting prostitution, third-degree felony, April 15, 2022, Judge O’Neil Williams.

Sijin Thomas Kurian, soliciting prostitution, third-degree felony, April 15, 2022, Judge Robert L. Rolnick.

Adam Scott Hunt, evading arrest/detention with a vehicle, a state-jail felony, April 20, 2022, Judge Frank J. Fraley.

Adam Scott Hunt, unauthorized use of a vehicle, a state-jail felony, April 20, 2022, Judge Frank J. Fraley.

Cynthia C. Eufracio, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, a second-degree felony, April 23, 2022, Judge Frank J. Fraley.

Chikamgbolu Ofili, robbery, a second-degree felony, April 27, 2022, Judge Frank J. Fraley.

Princess McCarter, injury to a child/elderly person or injured person with intent to cause bodily harm, a second-degree felony, April 27, 2022, Judge J. Christian Becerra.

Vanessa Prado, fraudulent use of or possession of identifying information, items numbering less than five, a state-jail felony, April 28, 2022, Judge Robert L. Rolnick.

Vanessa Prado, fraudulent use of or possession of identifying information, items numbering between five and 10, a third-degree felony, April 28, 2022, Judge Robert L. Rolnick.

Diana Nicole Nabeel Arafat, assaulting a peace officer or judge, a second-degree felony, April 28, 2022, Judge J. Christian Becerra.

Diana Nicole Nabeel Arafat, assaulting a peace officer or judge, a second-degree felony, April 28, 2022, Judge J. Christian Becerra.

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Easton Man Jailed For Sex Contact With Teen

An Easton man was sentenced to Warren County Jail by the Warren County Court on Friday for endangering the welfare of a teen-ager and aggravated sexual contact.

James Melligan, 42, of Lafayette Hills in Easton, formerly of Alpha, N.J., was sentenced to 300 days in county jail and four years probation after pleading guilty to third degree aggravated sexual contact and endangering the welfare of a child. He was fined $100.

Melligan was charged with first-degree aggravated sexual assault, but he pleaded guilty to the lesser charge. Melligan admitted that between May 1, 1991, and March 19, 1992, in Alpha, he touched the buttocks of a 15-year-old girl over whom he had guardianship.

The victim told the judge, “All I am asking is that Mr. Melligan get punished for what he has done. As a child, you get punished when you do things wrong and that should not change when you become an adult. He violated me, and he completely tore my life apart, and he should be punished for what he did.”

Defense attorney William Mandry urged the court to discount the victim’s remarks. He contended that the girl is seeking revenge against Melligan. He noted that the police received three different accounts from the girl.

Melligan, who has custody over his son, said, “I am scared to death, not for me, but for my son.”

Also sentenced was Larry Magill, 23, of W. Wilkes-Barre St., Easton. Magill was sentenced to 15 months in state prison for violating probation on charges of unlawful theft of a credit card, unlawful use of a credit card and uttering a forged instrument. The sentence is to be consecutive to one he is serving in state prison on a Hunterdon County conviction.

On Nov. 9, 1989 in Phillipsburg, Magill stole a credit card from Richard Burgess and used it to purchase merchandise at Union Square Motor Cycle Accessories in Phillipsburg. Public defender Bruce Farrier noted that Magill sold the merchandise to get money for drugs. “He spent $3,000 to $4,000 a week on drugs,” Farrier explained.

James Lippencott, 34, of S. Main Street, Phillipsburg, was sentenced to three years probation for possession of drugs in Phillipsburg on Sept. 28, 1992. He was fined $1,100.

Defense attorney Gregory Gianforcaro, First Assistant Prosecutor John Musarra and Judge John Kingfield commended Lippencott for getting drug rehabilitation and turning his life around. Lippencott had promised the judge that he would enter a drug rehabilitation program if he was released on his own recognizance.

Lippencott thanked the judge for giving him the chance to turn his life around in spite of his long criminal record.

Mario Russo, 34, of Freemansburg Avenue, Bethlehem, was sentenced to 30 days in county jail and three years probation for possession of 40 grams of cocaine with intent to distribute. He was fined $1,100. For speeding, he was fined $517. On July 12, 1993, police clocked Russo’s car at 71 mph on I-78 in Pohatatcong Township. Police found the cocaine in his car.

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Kinderschänder muss 4 Jahre und 3 Monate in den Knast

68 Mal hat der frühere Schulleiter Gero S. (46) drei Jugendliche (damals 14-16), die im Jahr 2015-2018 sein „Institut für Jugendmanagement“ besucht hatten, sexuell missbraucht. Die Übergriffe fanden unter anderem im Institut (das sich ausgerechnet im selben Gebäude wie das Rohrbacher Jugendamt befindet) statt, aber auch bei Schulfahrten ins Ausland (Dänemark, Azoren, Nordkap) sowie bei verschiedenen Freizeiten mit Übernachtungen.

Jetzt das Urteil – und dieses Mal gab es für den einschlägig Vorbestraften keine Bewährung mehr, sondern vier Jahre und drei Monate Haft wegen Missbrauchs von Schutzbefohlenen!

Richter André Merz in seiner Urteilsbegründung: „Der Angeklagte nutzte seine Stellung als Autoritätsperson aus. Daher musste er bei seinen Opfern auch keine Gewalt oder Drohungen anwenden. Die Geschädigten waren keiner Gegenwehr gewachsen und ließen die Taten über sich ergehen, obwohl es ihnen sehr unangenehm war.“

Der Richter weiter: „Erst 2019 gelang es ihnen, eine Anzeige zu machen, was ihnen sehr schwer gefallen ist und auch sehr mutig war. Alle drei leiden aber bis heute unter psychischen Problemen bis zu Panikattacken.“

Dennoch soll Gero S. das Institut nicht als Mittel benutzt haben, sich an den Schülern zu vergreifen! Der Richter: „Sämtliche Zeugen beschrieben den Angeklagten positiv als Mentor, der für sein Institut gelebt hat und seine Schüler zu Höchstleistungen getrieben hat.“

Aber: „Er hätte mit seiner Neigung bereits nach seiner ersten Verurteilung nicht mehr mit Kindern und Jugendlichen arbeiten dürfen.“ Weshalb das Gericht zudem ein fünfjähriges Berufsverbot gegen Gero S. verhängte.

Staatsanwalt prüft Revision

Der Angeklagte (blaues Hemd, Jeans) lauschte neben seinem Verteidiger Steffen Lindberg mit starrem Blick gen Boden dem Richterspruch. Zuvor hatte er den drei Opfern bereits Schmerzensgeld von jeweils 10.000 Euro zukommen lassen, sich zudem persönlich vor Gericht bei den Geschädigten entschuldigt. Die Staatsanwalt, die fünf Jahre und drei Monate gefordert hat, prüft nun, in Revision zu gehen.

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Clermont police say molester blamed 'sleepwalking' problem

Police have arrested a man and charged him with lewd and lascivious molestation of a girl, but he says he has a sleep-walking problem and does not remember doing anything wrong.

Dallin V. Tampa, 26, of Jacksonville, said he was staying with friends in Clermont because he had an internship in Orlando, according to the Clearmont Police Department.

But on Monday, police were called to the home about an incident that allegedly took place on Sunday at about 4 a.m.

The girl’s mother told police that her daughter ran into her room shaking and crying so hard she couldn’t understand what was going on. Finally, she understood that the girl was saying that Tampa had fondled her and touched her rear end with his penis and had taken pictures of her breasts with his phone.

The girl said the abuse lasted for hours and that she was so frightened she could not move.

She said when her family visited him he would always tell her how pretty she is, and “that when they were on vacation in Georgia, Dallin would talk about penises around her.” Her parents were unaware of these discussions, according to the arrest affidavit.

Dallin told police he got up during the night to go to the bathroom and heard the girl coughing. He said he rubbed her back, his hand began to hurt, so he laid down beside her and must have dozed off.

He awoke to the mother screaming at him.

“Dallin sated that he has had problems in the past of sleep walking but never got any assistance for the issue. Dallin advised he is not sure of what happened…,” but added that he knows the girl would not lie about something like that.

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Perth vet jailed for lying about theft

A Perth veterinarian who convinced a teenager to lie to police about stolen equestrian equipment to protect her sister has been jailed for three years.

Anita Tasovac, 39, was convicted by a jury of attempting to pervert the course of justice over two years by having a 14-year-old girl claim she had stolen equestrian equipment from the Harmony Park Horse Show in 2008 to cover up for her sister, Nikole Tasovac.

The Perth District Court heard on Thursday that Nikole had been convicted of stealing the equipment and received a spent conviction, but was appealing.

In 2010, Tasovac spoke with a colleague, who she had previously helped financially, and asked whether her daughter would tell police she had stolen equipment.

The girl was given some items and was told to say she had found the equipment in the car park and hid them under her bed.

Tasovac then lied to her lawyer and police by saying she did not know the mother and daughter.

It was not until 2012 that the mother and daughter admitted to lying and Tasovac's plan unravelled.

In sentencing, Judge Mark Herron said the deception lasted two years and diverted police resources.

"The offence was premeditated, and not a spur-of-the-moment response, requiring some degree of planning," he said.

The judge noted Tasovac, who specialises in treating horses and has no criminal record, had a lifelong interest in horses.

Judge Herron said Tasovac's actions were designed to deliberately mislead and interfere with the administration of justice.

"Your actions are in the upper range of offending by an attempt to pervert the course of justice," he said.

"I'm satisfied you pursued the course you did fully aware of the seriousness of your offending."

Tasovac will be eligible for parole.

The mother of the teen previously pleaded guilty of conspiracy to defeat the course of justice and received an 18-month prison term, suspended for 18 months.