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New Delhi, March 22 A man who allegedly posed as a property dealer, gained the trust of buyers and sellers, collected advance payments, and then absconded has been arrested by the Delhi Police, officials said on Sunday.The accused, Rahul Paswan, a resident of Laxmi Nagar in Delhi and...

New Delhi, March 20 The CBI questioned industrialist Anil Ambani for over six hours on Friday in connection with a Rs 2,929-crore fraud case, registered against Reliance Communications Ltd and him on a complaint by the State Bank of India, officials said.On the second consecutive day, Ambani...

New Delhi, March 20 The Delhi Traffic Police have booked a man after he was found to be in possession of a fake "No Entry Permit" during a routine check in the Timarpur area of north Delhi, an official said on Friday.A case of cheating and forgery has been registered against the driver, Rohit...

Mumbai, March 18 A special CBI court here on Wednesday sentenced two individuals to five years in prison, and two others to three years, in a 2012 case where the Bank of India suffered a loss of over Rs 3 crore due to a forged Letter of Credit.Harit Mehta, the owner of Infinity Transmission, a...

New Delhi, March 17 A Delhi court has dismissed the bail plea of Kallarachal Abraham Johnson, a director of Exclusive Capital Limited (ECL), in a case related to the alleged cheating of investors based in Kolkata.Chief Judicial Magistrate Niharika Kumar Sharma rejected the bail application...

Thane, March 17 A 42-year-old insurance consultant from Mumbra in the Thane district of Maharashtra was allegedly cheated of over Rs 71 lakh by cyber fraudsters who lured him into investing in cryptocurrency trading, police said on Tuesday.A case has been registered against six individuals at...

Mumbai, March 14 Two young men were cheated of Rs 23.43 lakh with the promise of jobs in Mumbai's municipal corporation, a police official said on Saturday.The complainant, Chandra Kishore Prasad (26), who is preparing for the UPSC exam and lives in an MHADA transit building in Kandivali West...

Panaji, March 13 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached three immovable properties, with a total market value of ₹6.27 crore, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in connection with an alleged money laundering case involving Estevan D’Souza...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 12 An investigation has been launched after authorities detected a fake website of the Kerala lottery offering online ticket purchase, police said on Thursday.The Thiruvananthapuram Cyber Police registered a case and began an investigation following a complaint lodged...

New Delhi, March 11 A former Indian Army soldier, along with two others, has been booked for making a fraudulent death claim to secure insurance benefits worth Rs 3 lakh from the Army Group Insurance Fund.According to an FIR registered on March 6, the case pertains to a claim made in 2011...

Thane, March 9 A 36-year-old man from the Thane district of Maharashtra has allegedly been cheated of Rs 62 lakh by an acquaintance who lured him to invest in the stock market, promising him high returns, police said on Monday.Based on a complaint, the Kapurbawdi police registered a first...

Kochi, March 8 A court here has sentenced a Kerala film producer to two years' imprisonment each in two cheating cases.Additional Sessions Court Judge Sabarinathan P found Joby George (49) of Kallara South in Kottayam guilty in two cases related to promising jobs and business opportunities...

Thane, March 8 Police have registered a case against two individuals for allegedly cheating the owner of a private hospital in Thane district of Maharashtra, amounting to Rs 10 lakh, officials said on Sunday.According to the victim's complaint, the accused had entered into a 10-year...

New Delhi, March 6 A Delhi court has upheld the conviction of a man for cheating in a property transaction, but granted him probation considering his age and the long duration of the trial.Additional Sessions Judge Purshotam Pathak partly allowed the appeal of the convict, Braham Singh, and...

Mumbai, March 5 The Mumbai police have registered a case against a man for allegedly cheating actress Varsha Usgaonkar and four others of Rs 47 lakh with the promise of lucrative returns on investment, a police official said on Thursday.Referring to the first information report (FIR), the...

Mumbai, March 5 – Marathi actress Varsha Usgaonkar is among several people who have reportedly been cheated of around ₹47 lakh by a man posing as a builder and film producer, according to the Mumbai Police.A case involving fraud related to the Marathi film industry has come to light. According...

New Delhi, March 3 A Delhi court has dismissed the bail plea of an alleged kingpin in an over Rs 8.94 crore bank fraud case, saying that the offense was serious and committed in a systematic manner through layered transactions.Additional Sessions Judge Shunali Gupta rejected the bail...

New Delhi, March 3 The Delhi Police have busted an alleged interstate gang that defrauded and robbed people by posing as cryptocurrency traders, arresting four men who reportedly impersonated police officers to target a man in northwest Delhi, an official said on Tuesday.The accused have been...

Mumbai, March 2 A man was arrested in Gujarat after evading authorities for 10 months in a case of job fraud, a Mumbai police official said on Monday.Narendra Manguruji Maundekar had allegedly cheated retired railway officer Jayprakash Tamore (64) of Rs 17 lakh by promising a job in ONGC for...

Thane, February 27 The crime branch of the Navi Mumbai police has arrested a 34-year-old man for allegedly impersonating an ISRO scientist and a PWD official to defraud and sexually exploit several women after promising to marry them.Adarsh Prashant Mhatre, a resident of Alibag, allegedly used...