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Ambala, April 11 Farmers under the banner of the Bharatiya Kisan Union (Tikait) staged road blockades in several parts of Haryana on Saturday, protesting against difficulties in wheat procurement and issues with the online portal system.Raising slogans, the protesters alleged that technical...

New Delhi, April 11 – The Delhi Police on Saturday busted a major cyber fraud syndicate operating from the national capital, involved in providing mule bank accounts used for siphoning off money through online scams and a gaming application. A total of 14 accused have been arrested in the...

Hazaribag (Jharkhand), April 10 Two more people were arrested in the Hazaribag Superintendent of Police (SP) Office treasury scam, bringing the total number of arrests to five, and the amount embezzled has also increased to Rs 28 crore, an official said.Hazaribag Deputy Commissioner Shashi...

To combat digital fraud, the Reserve Bank of India has released a discussion paper suggesting additional measures to prevent it. The RBI has invited comments and feedback through the "Connect 2 Regulate" link on the RBI website until May 8th.According to data from the National Cyber Crime...

Chandigarh, April 9 – The Haryana government suspended two IAS officers on Thursday in connection with the Rs 597 crore IDFC First and AU Small Finance Bank scam.The suspended officers are Ram Kumar Singh, a 2012 batch officer who was the Additional CEO of the Panchkula Metropolitan...

New Delhi, April 9 The Delhi Police has arrested two men in connection with separate cyber investment fraud cases involving over Rs 74 lakh, an official said on Wednesday.In the first case, a man identified as Rahul Tyagi, a resident of Greater Noida, was arrested for his alleged role in a Rs...

New Delhi, April 8 A Delhi court has denied bail to an 18-year-old aspiring NEET candidate who was allegedly involved in large-scale organized cyber fraud, stating that his role is not simply "peripheral" in light of the substantial evidence recovered against him.Additional Sessions Judge...

Vijayawada, April 8 – A city court sent an Andhra Pradesh Endowments Department official to judicial custody on Wednesday in a case of disproportionate assets.Kalingiri Shanti, Assistant Commissioner in the endowments department, was produced before the ACB court, which ordered her to be held...

New Delhi, April 8 The Delhi Police has arrested over 600 people and apprehended more than 8,000 suspects during Operation CyHawk 4.0, a large-scale crackdown on cybercrime conducted on April 6 and 7, officials said on Wednesday.Approximately 5,000 personnel were deployed during the operation...

Nashik, April 3 – A major financial scam has come to light during the ongoing investigation into self-proclaimed godman Ashok Kharat. He is already facing serious allegations of exploiting women sexually and committing financial fraud in the name of spirituality.Preliminary findings have...

New Delhi, April 2 A Delhi court has rejected the bail plea of a man accused of being an active member of a 'digital arrest' scam, holding the material recovered from his possession adequate to prove a prima facie case against him.Additional Sessions Judge Vinod Kumar Gautam was hearing a...

Ahmedabad, April 2 – The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch has uncovered a network of bank accounts linked to at least 41 cyber fraud complaints across India, and has arrested six individuals accused of facilitating financial transactions for a wider cryptocurrency scam syndicate.The arrests...

New Delhi/Agartala, March 31 – In a major crackdown on drug and psychotropic substance smuggling and trafficking in Tripura, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) announced on Tuesday that it had filed three prosecution complaints against a total of 14 accused persons before a court, under the...

Kolkata, March 31 The Cyber Crime Wing of the West Bengal Police arrested industrialist Pawan Ruia on Tuesday in connection with his alleged involvement in a multi-crore fraud case involving shell companies and money laundering using cryptocurrency, a senior officer said.Ruia was apprehended...

Jodhpur, March 30 In a significant ruling on the scope of police powers during financial investigations, the Jodhpur bench of the Rajasthan High Court has held that banks cannot impose a blanket freeze on accounts at the behest of investigating agencies.The court stated that any restriction...

New Delhi/Agartala, March 28 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Tripura provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth nearly Rs 1.20 crore belonging to several accused, including a serving police officer, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002...

Kolkata, March 28 – Officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) have been conducting simultaneous raids and searches in various locations in West Bengal since Saturday morning, including the state capital of Kolkata and its outskirts, in connection with a land scam case.Sources aware of the...

New Delhi, March 28 – The Delhi Police has busted an investment fraud syndicate with the arrest of five individuals allegedly involved in operating a network of mule bank accounts used for cyber crimes, officials said on Saturday.A team from the Cyber Police Station of the South-West District...

New Delhi, March 27 The Delhi Police has registered an FIR in connection with an alleged case of exchanging tickets for money involving individuals linked to the Congress, the police said on Friday.The case originated from a complaint filed by a man from Haryana who claimed that he was asked...

Chennai, March 27 – A special CBI court in Chennai on Friday convicted and sentenced seven individuals, including a former senior tax assistant of the Income Tax Department, to four years of rigorous imprisonment along with a total fine of Rs 2.4 lakh in a tax refund fraud case, officials said...