Serious Fraud Investigation Office

Serious Fraud Investigation Office गंभीर कपट अन्वेषण कार्यालय
Logo of SFIO
Common name	Serious Fraud Investigation Office
Abbreviation	SFIO
Agency overview
Formed	2003
Jurisdictional structure
Federal agency	India
Operations jurisdiction	India
Governing body	Government of India
General nature	Federal law enforcement
Operational structure
Headquarters	New Delhi, India
Agency executive	Keshav Chandra, Director up to 17 December 2022
Parent agency	Ministry of Corporate Affairs
Regions	4 Hyderabad Kolkata Mumbai Chennai
Facilities
Regional Offices	5
Website
sfio.nic.in

The Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO) is a statutory agency in India tasked with investigating corporate fraud. It operates under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Government of India, with the mandate of detecting and prosecuting or recommending prosecution for white-collar crimes. The SFIO is a multi-disciplinary organization, comprising experts in various fields such as accountancy, forensic auditing, banking, law, information technology, investigation, company law, capital market, taxation, among other domains.

Initially, it was set up by a resolution adopted by the Government of India on 2 July 2003 and carried out investigations within the existing legal framework under section 235 to 247 of the erstwhile Companies Act, 1956. Later, Section 211 of the Companies Act, 2013, accorded the statutory status to SFIO.^[1][2]