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Indian-American Launches Campaign Ahead of US Presidential Elections 2020
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HiIndia Newsdesk Around USD 2 million was written in by “big donors” and USD 1.3 million came in from smaller donors, said Ramesh Kapur, a member of the Biden-Harris National Finance Committee 2020, who participated in the fundraiser, adding he believed this was a record amount raised by the community at any single-night fundraiser. Biden acknowledged that he knew and understood this was because of Kamala Harris, his Indian-American nominee for vice president, Kapur said. The Indian-origin donors also allegedly pressed his campaign to moderate its positions on Kashmir and the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, as also to add an agenda for the Hindu community on its web platform.
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The former vice-president was introduced to over 200 attendees at the virtual fundraiser by Vivek Murthy, the former US surgeon general, who is among those the community is pushing for a cabinet position in a possible Biden administration. Murthy recalled how Biden had helped with his rocky confirmation hearing process in the Republican-controlled US Senate. Some Indian Americans who wanted to “do more than just write cheques” also took the opportunity to press the former vice-president on his campaign’s position on Kashmir, CAA and the “lack of equal treatment” of Hindus, who don’t have a dedicated section on the campaign platform’s section titled “Joe’s Vision”.
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The ED had initiated its investigation after a complaint under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income & Assets) and Imposition of Act, 2015 [Black Money Act] was filed against accused Sanjay Bhandari before the court by Income Tax authorities. “It was revealed that accused Sanjay Bhandari stashed black money abroad with the assistance of his accomplices to evade taxes causing huge financial loss to the national exchequer,” said the ED.
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HiIndia Newsdesk San Francisco– The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a former Sales Tax Payroll Income Tax Corporation Tax Incorporation of finance manager at Amazon and two family FBAR FACTA Multi State Returns Sales Tax Audit members with insider trading in advance ofAppropriate Entity Amazon earnings announcements between EFILE, CLIENT PORTAL, QUICK RESPONSE & EXPERT ADVICE January 2016 and July 2018. The family reaped illicit profits of 870 E. Higgins Rd, Suite 132, Schaumburg, IL 60173 approximately $1.4 million from their unlawful trading in Amazon securities,Office: the 224-353- 6460 E-Fax: 224-935-4284 Email: info@horizonaccountinginc.com SEC said in its complaint on Monday. Jitendra Shah: 847-650-8102 or Kishor Patel, CPA : 630-398-1649 According to the SEC’s complaint, Laksha Bohra worked as a senior manager in Amazon’s tax department, where she prepared and reviewed calculations used to finalise numbers included in Amazon’s quarterly and annual earnings that were filed with the SEC. Beginning in January 2016 and continuing through July 2018, Laksha Bohra allegedly acquired, and tipped her husband Viky Bohra with highly confidential information about Amazon’s financial performance. The complaint alleges that Viky Bohra and his father, Gotham Bohra, traded on this confidential information in 11 separate accounts maintained by different members of the Bohra family.
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