"No business can survive without black money": wife of Amit Gupta of Agrifields in AFP court transcripts. 

Amit Gupta is the promoter of Getax, a rock-phosphate company, now runs Agrifields DMCC in Dubai, where he resides, alongside his family.

Through his company Getax, Gupta stands accused at the center of a criminal case filed by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) in February 2020 for bribery of foreign public officials in the Republic of Nauru.

As per the Sydney Morning Herald, “The US documents name Getax director Amit Gupta as the ‘target of a criminal investigation who is alleged to have conspired with others to bribe foreign public officials and to have engaged in money laundering and other offenses’.”

As per Intercepted Transcripts:

Recently, the phone transcripts where the Australian Federal Police “legally intercepted” the phone calls of Amit Gupta and his family members revealed more details regarding the ongoing cases.

Citing an intercepted transcript on the 21st June 2013, at 1:58pm Australia time, in a telephone conversation between Vineeta Gupta, the wife of Amit Gupta with her father Prahlad Khandelwal where she tells her father:

“As you know, no business can survive without black money”, which her father replied affirmatively to, which she followed by saying “…he (Amit) is the brain behind all financial decisions”, “No one else knows about it… Even the office staff are not aware”, reads the court transcripts.

According to AFP court documents section (“Annexure D”), between 15th October 2012 and 9th April 2013, 8 “telephone interception warrants” were issued to the Australian Federal Police, under “Section 46 of the Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979.”

This story gains further prominence via the ongoing Income Tax investigation in India, complemented by the FIR filing and intercepted transcript documentation revelation, showcasing the nature of Gupta’s financial dealings, contributing a heightened layer of complexity to the evolving narrative, underscoring the collaborative efforts of authorities in globally to ensure accountability for financial misconduct.