financial crime

New Delhi, April 3 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a proclaimed offender and businessman from Rajouri Garden in west Delhi on Friday in connection with a Rs 41 lakh fraud involving a Noida-based bank in 2008, an official said.After the arrest, Davinder Pal Singh was...

Kathmandu, April 3 A Chinese national has been arrested in connection with his alleged involvement in defrauding people through a multi-million rupee cryptocurrency scam, police said on Friday.A police team arrested Zhu Yi-eng, 35, from the capital's Thamel area on Thursday along with details...

New Delhi, April 3 – A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Delhi has convicted and sentenced four individuals, including two former officials of the Registrar of Cooperative Societies, for their involvement in a 2006 land allotment scam involving the Maharani Awanti Bai...

New Delhi, April 3 The CBI has arrested two officials of the Archaeological Survey of India for allegedly accepting a bribe to revoke an official notice and allow the continuation of work, officials said on Friday.The agency said a monument attendant and a conservation assistant posted at the...

Bhopal, April 3 Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti has been disqualified from the state legislative assembly following his conviction in a case involving the tampering of bank records to secure illegal interest payments, officials said on Friday.Following deliberations on the issue on...

Bhopal, April 3 Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti has been disqualified from the state legislative assembly following his conviction in a fraud case, officials said on Friday.Following deliberations on the issue on Thursday night, the Vidhan Sabha authorities issued a notification...

Washington, April 3 – A Chinese national has pleaded guilty to involvement in a $27 million fraud and money laundering scheme that targeted around 2,000 elderly victims across the United States. Investigators have linked the operation to call centres based in India.Jiandong Chen, also known as...

Bengaluru, April 2 The Karnataka Lokayukta police on Thursday laid a trap and arrested two officials of the Bengaluru Municipal Corporation for allegedly accepting a bribe of Rs three lakh in connection with a pending "Khata" work, officials said.According to the Karnataka Lokayukta, a case...

Tumakuru (Karnataka), April 2 Police announced on Thursday the arrest of a 56-year-old man from Delhi for allegedly manufacturing and selling counterfeit weight loss powder and spurious Ayurvedic products via e-commerce platforms using duplicate branding.The accused, identified as Rajeev...

Jaipur, April 2 – The Anti-Corruption Bureau of Rajasthan arrested Randhir Singh, Additional Secretary of the Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) in Sikar, who was also holding the additional charge as Secretary of APMC Neem-ka-Thana, on Thursday for accepting a bribe of ₹40,000...

New Delhi, April 2 A Delhi court on Thursday sentenced Madhya Pradesh Congress MLA Rajendra Bharti and a former bank employee to three years in prison in a fraud case involving the forging of bank records to obtain illegal interest payments between 1998 and 2011.Special Judge Dig Vinay Singh...

Gurugram, April 1 Police have arrested a wanted accused linked to several ATM thefts amounting to lakhs of rupees, officials said.The accused had been evading arrest in several cases, they said.Aashiq, a resident of Gogjaka village in Nuh district, is a proclaimed offender in a 2018 case...

Bhubaneswar, April 1 – The Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday arrested a senior official of the Odisha Police Housing and Welfare Corporation (OPHWC), who was found possessing a large amount of assets, including cash worth Rs 48.79 lakh and gold weighing more than 1 kg, during a search of his...

Latur, Apr 1 A senior Maharashtra government official and a junior clerk were convicted by a special court in Latur on Wednesday, which handed them simple imprisonment ranging from two to two-and-a-half years for accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 for approving a business proposal in 2014...

New Delhi, April 1 A special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Lucknow has declared a former Uttar Pradesh MLC a "fugitive economic offender" and ordered the confiscation of three sugar mills, "controlled" by him, worth approximately Rs 1,000 crore, following the...

Lucknow, April 1 – A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Lucknow has sentenced five accused, including a senior bank official, to three years in prison along with a total fine of Rs 3.4 lakh in a bank fraud case linked to Kanpur, officials said on Wednesday.The...

New Delhi, April 1 A special court under the PMLA Act in Lucknow has declared a former Uttar Pradesh MLC a "fugitive economic offender" and ordered the confiscation of three sugar mills worth approximately Rs 1,000 crore following the ED's investigation into a money laundering case against him...

Srinagar, April 1 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested two public servants, including a senior officer of the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO), in Srinagar on Wednesday, officials said, in connection with a bribery case.The arrested individuals are Vinay Kumar, who...

New Delhi, April 1 Two Delhi Police personnel were suspended and arrested for allegedly robbing a businessman from Uttar Pradesh of Rs 8.4 lakh near Ajmal Khan Park in central Delhi, officials said on Wednesday.The accused, sub-inspector Mahavir and constable Vicky, stationed at the Desh...

New Delhi, April 1 The Supreme Court on Monday stayed the trial court proceedings against Tamil Nadu minister and DMK general secretary Durai Murugan in a disproportionate assets case.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan issued a notice to the Tamil Nadu government on an appeal...