financial crime

Srinagar, April 7 Police in Shopian, Jammu and Kashmir, attached property worth Rs 1.44 crore belonging to an alleged drug dealer on Tuesday, officials said."As part of a crackdown on narcotics-related activities, the police in Shopian have attached an immovable property valued at Rs...

Prayagraj, April 7 The Allahabad High Court has refused to quash an FIR against a woman accused of defrauding a PhD aspirant of over Rs 22 lakh by promising a PhD degree and a position as an assistant professor.Dismissing a writ petition filed by Priyanka Sengar, a division bench comprising...

Mumbai, April 7 The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday appealed to a court here to decide on the discharge applications of NCP (SP) MLA Rohit Pawar and others in the alleged Maharashtra State Co-operative Bank (MSCB) scam based on merit, following the recent acceptance of a closure report in a...

New Delhi, April 7 The CBI questioned former finance secretary Arvind Mayaram on Tuesday in connection with an FIR registered against him and a UK-based company for alleged corruption in the supply of exclusive colour-shifting security threads for Indian banknotes, officials said.Mayaram was...

Bengaluru, April 7 Eleven people have been arrested for allegedly reselling IPL cricket match tickets during the match held in Bengaluru on April 5, police said on Tuesday.A total of 28 IPL match tickets, 8 mobile phones, and WhatsApp screenshot printouts used for illegal online ticket sales...

Mumbai, April 7 – In a major crackdown, Maharashtra Cyber has uncovered a network allegedly using Instagram to promote and sell Fake Indian Currency Notes (FICN), officials said on Tuesday.They further mentioned that several accounts were circulating misleading reels and content to lure users...

Jaipur, April 7 – A special CBI court here has sentenced former Western Central Railway employee Jalandhar Yogi, who was stationed in Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan, to five years of rigorous imprisonment in a bribery case, officials said on Tuesday.The court also imposed a fine of Rs...

New Delhi, April 6 Two cyber fraudsters have been arrested for allegedly defrauding a resident of east Delhi by posing as electricity officials, police said on Monday.According to the police, the complainant, Vinod Sharma, a resident of Mansarovar Park, received a call on March 8 from a person...

Jaipur, April 6 A teacher at a government school in Rajasthan's Banswara district was arrested for allegedly impersonating a gangster and demanding ₹1.4 crore in extortion from two businessmen, police said on Monday.The accused, Vikas Kumar Kamol, a mathematics teacher at a government school...

Meerut/Bahraich (UP), April 6 – Three individuals have been arrested in Meerut and Bahraich districts, uncovering two separate multi-crore GST fraud rackets worth over Rs 27 crore, officials said on Monday.The accused in Meerut, identified as Wasim Akram alias Monu (38), had amassed input tax...

Jammu, April 5 A junior engineer in the Power Development Department was arrested by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) in the Gandhi Nagar area here on Sunday for accepting a bribe of Rs 75,000, officials said.Anirudh Sharma, who was posted as a Junior Engineer in the Sub-Division of the Jammu...

Thane, April 5 A family from Thane district in Maharashtra allegedly lost over Rs 1.66 crore to a man who exploited their fear of "black magic," promising them divine remedies through elaborate rituals and pilgrimages, police said on Sunday.The Kasarvadavali police district registered a first...

Bahraich (UP), April 5 Four members of a gang involved in printing counterfeit currency have been arrested here, an official said.Superintendent of Police Vishwajeet Srivastava said on Saturday that the accused were apprehended from the Khairighat area during the intervening night of Friday...

Bahraich (UP), April 4 Police have arrested four members of a gang involved in printing counterfeit currency here, an official said on Saturday.Superintendent of Police Vishwajeet Srivastava said the accused were apprehended from the Khairighat area during the night of Friday and Saturday...

Kanpur (UP), April 4 The son of jailed kingpin Vinod Agarwal was arrested for his alleged role in the large-scale codeine-based cough syrup trafficking network, officials said on Saturday.According to police, Shivam Agarwal, a chartered accountant, was carrying a reward of Rs 25,000 and had...

New Delhi, April 4 An excise department team seized a container in northwest Delhi's Samaypur Badli area on Saturday that was being used as an illegal liquor storage facility, officials said.The team seized 187 cartons of illicit liquor worth more than Rs 5 lakh from the container parked in...

Jaipur, April 4 – In a swift and commendable response, the Cyber Crime Police Station in Jaipur's Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan has successfully thwarted a case of digital fraud and recovered Rs 99,998 for a victim within 48 hours, officials said on Saturday.Acting under the direction...

Thane, April 4 Cyber fraudsters, posing as CBI officers, allegedly cheated a 42-year-old man from Thane district in Maharashtra of Rs 71.1 lakh by threatening to implicate him in a false harassment case, police said on Saturday.According to the police, the victim, a resident of Dombivli...

Washington, Apr 3 A Chinese national has pleaded guilty in a US federal court to a USD 27 million fraud and money laundering scheme targeting nearly 2,000 victims, involving call centres based in India.Jiandong Chen, also known as "Little Tiger," a Chinese national, is the second defendant...

Thane, April 3 A 46-year-old man has been arrested in the city for allegedly defrauding jewelers, and gold bars worth approximately Rs 2.3 crore were recovered from his possession, police said on Friday.Jeevaram Vani Chaudhary was apprehended by the Crime Branch Unit-1 following an...