2. Company Profile
Satyam Computers was
Founded by B. Ramalinga
Raju in 1987.
India’s 4th Biggest Software
Company.
On 26th August, 1991 it was
converted into a Public Limited
Company.
3. Cont......
It is listed in BSE, NSE, NYSE
and Euronext (Amsterdam).
The Company employs 53,000 IT
professionals across
development in 6 continents.
It serves over 654 global
companies, 185 of which are
Fortune 500 Corporations.
4. People Behind This Scam
1. B. Ramalinga Raju Founder and Chairman of
Satyam
2. B Rama Raju Brother of Ramalinga Raju and
Managing Director of Satyam
3. V Srinivas Ex-Chif Financial Officer
4. S Gopalakrishnan Price Waterhouse Auditor
5. Talluri Srinivas Price Waterhouse Auditor
5. The Scam
B. Ramalinga Raju and his brother, B Rama Raju, were
arrested by the Andhra Pradesh police on charges of breach
of trust, conspiracy, cheating, falsification of records.
Raju has mislead various investors.
Raju had also used dummy accounts to trade in Satyam’s
shares.
He has violated the inside trading norm.
Funds from Satyam were diverted to Maytas Infra.
B. Ramalinga Raju resigned on 7 January 2009 and
confessed that he had manipulated the accounts by
US$1.47Billion.
6. Impact of Satyam Scam on Indian Economy
o Although several companies are trying to have a bite
into Satyam Computers.
o It dragged the benchmark Sensex index down 7.3%
to close at 9,586.88 after Satyam Scam
o Satyam’s shares fell to 11.50 rupees on 10 January
2009, their lowest level since March 1998, compared
to a high of 544 rupees in 2008.
7. After Satyam Scam
Mahindra group to its takeover by 14
billion on 13 April 2009.
It subsequently merged within Tech
Mahindra on 24 June 2013