SEC finds Cadbury India paid agent for factory licences without diligence
Cadbury India Ltd (Mondelez International) · Food manufacturing
The case in brief
Visible before detection
Checks that could have surfaced it, on hindsight
Document authenticity / direct pull
Would have matched consultant invoices to actual work product.
Can mislead when: The company can refuse consent, and a refusal is itself a flag. Some banks and co-op banks are not on AA yet.
Counterparty existence
Would have checked the consultant's substance and other clients.
Can mislead when: Real companies can be used as pass-throughs. Existence does not prove a real trade, so C6 and C7 still apply.
Regulatory & litigation records
Would have flagged regulatory approvals obtained through intermediaries.
Can mislead when: Court records lag and name spellings vary. A clean record can mean the problem has not reached court yet.
Where Kubr services would have helped
Verified Snapshot
Offered in India- C4 Would have checked the consultant's substance and other clients.
- C8 Would have flagged regulatory approvals obtained through intermediaries.
Financial diligence
Offered in India- C4 Would have checked the consultant's substance and other clients.
- C5 Would have matched consultant invoices to actual work product.
IC note
Offered in India- C5 Would have matched consultant invoices to actual work product.
- C8 Would have flagged regulatory approvals obtained through intermediaries.
Valuation context
Offered in India- C4 Would have checked the consultant's substance and other clients.
- C8 Would have flagged regulatory approvals obtained through intermediaries.
Mapped from the checks each service runs. A hindsight reading of public records, not a promise that the failure would have been found.
Same pattern
A summary of public documents. It reports what the sources say. It is not Kubr's finding and not a statement of guilt.