Finance Minister of State Pankaj Chaudhary defended the Enforcement Directorate, calling it a “nation’s shield against financial crimes.” He said the agency has met the trust placed in it by successive governments and has set “new standards.” While emphasizing ED’s mandate to cleanse wrongdoing, he added that the focus is not on targeting any individual.
Reporting by The Intercept says the IRS has been using Palantir’s software since at least 2018 to support investigations into financial crimes. The claim places Palantir’s analytics tools inside a core federal enforcement workflow for years, raising questions about how the technology is deployed and what oversight accompanies its use in high-stakes cases.
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