financial crime

Bhopal, March 19 – The Enforcement Directorate's Bhopal Zonal Office filed a charge sheet against Jagdish Prasad Sarwate, the former Deputy Director of Madhya Pradesh's Tribal Welfare Department, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002, on Thursday.The charge sheet was filed before...

New Delhi, March 19 – The CBI questioned Amit Dangi, a top executive of Authum Investment & Infrastructure Ltd., on Thursday in connection with the Rs 57.47 crore bank fraud case involving Reliance Commercial Finance Ltd.Dangi is a full-time director at Authum Investment & Infrastructure Ltd...

Ahmedabad, March 19 City police have seized high-quality counterfeit Indian currency worth ₹2.38 crore and arrested seven persons, officials said on Thursday.Acting on a tip-off, the crime branch apprehended the accused, including a spiritual and yoga teacher based in Surat, when they arrived...

Ahmedabad/Surat, March 19 – An operation to manufacture and circulate fake Rs 500 notes has been uncovered by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch, which seized Rs 2.38 crore in forged notes and arrested seven people, including a woman.The arrests were made on Wednesday night after officers intercepted...

Colombo, March 19 Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa received a bribe of 60 million Sri Lankan rupees, Kapila Chandrasena, the main accused in the 2017 Airbus case, told a court in Sri Lanka on Thursday.Chandrasena, the former CEO of the national carrier from 2011-15, was produced in the...

Washington, March 18 The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) said on Wednesday that it has launched a search for Indian national Kalpeshkumar Rasikbhai Patel, who is accused of defrauding multiple victims between 2017 and 2021.In a post on X, the FBI said that Patel, also known as Kenny...

Bhubaneswar, March 18 – The Odisha Vigilance on Wednesday arrested an official of a private bank for his alleged involvement in misappropriating over Rs 5.56 crore of government funds in connivance with his father, a retired teacher.According to Vigilance sources, the accused bank official...

Bhubaneswar, March 18 The Odisha Vigilance Department arrested a bank official on Wednesday for allegedly embezzling over ₹5 crore in government funds, along with his father, officials said.The accused is the branch head of a small finance bank in Bhadrak district, Odisha, they said.The...

Gurugram, March 18 The Gurugram Police have cracked a nationwide cyber fraud network, arresting 10 individuals, an officer said on Wednesday.The police said the gang defrauded approximately Rs 40 crore through fraudulent activities between February and March.The accused were allegedly...

Kolkata, March 18 The Kolkata Police have dismantled an organized cyber fraud network operating illegal 'SIM box' devices to impersonate law enforcement officials, an officer said on Wednesday.A 'SIM box' is a telecom device used to illegally route international calls, making them appear as...

New Delhi, March 18 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said on Wednesday that it has filed a fresh chargesheet against more than a dozen retired and serving Jharkhand government engineers and officials in a money-laundering case linked to alleged irregularities in the state's rural development...

Mumbai, March 18 The state Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) is investigating a fake religious trust in Beed that received money from a controversial international organization, Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Wednesday.In a written reply to a question by Satej Patil (Congress)...

Noida (UP), March 18 Noida's cyber crime police have arrested a man for allegedly duping people of around Rs 12 lakh by offering fake tour and travel packages through social media, officials said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Aditya Raj, was arrested from Amrapali Society by the...

New Delhi, March 18 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has returned immovable properties worth approximately Rs 650 crore to 2,312 genuine homebuyers in connection with the money laundering investigation against the SRS Group, officials said on Wednesday.The return of the properties was...

New Delhi, March 18 The Delhi Police has arrested three individuals for allegedly facilitating the operations of a major "digital fraud" racket that cheated a resident of Paschim Vihar of Rs 14.2 lakh, an official said on Wednesday.The accused – Md Kaif (21) and Monish (21), residents of...

Bangalore, March 18 A 59-year-old man was arrested for allegedly defrauding an Income Tax department official by posing as a "parrot astrologer" and promising career growth and a better life through rituals, police said on Wednesday.Following the arrest of the accused astrologer, Shekar...

Chandigarh, March 17 Haryana Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini stated on Tuesday that the state government's aggressive and technology-driven crackdown on cybercrime is yielding tangible results, with a notable decline in cyber fraud cases in 2025.He said that law enforcement agencies have...

Jammu, March 17 The Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Jammu and Kashmir arrested a meter reader from the Power Development Department (PDD) in the Rajouri district on Tuesday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from a consumer, officials said.An ACB spokesperson said that...

Chennai, March 17 – In a significant breakthrough in a long-standing bank fraud case, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an absconding accused who had been evading authorities for years by living under a false identity in Chennai.The accused, identified as M. Naga Kumar...

Jammu, March 17 – The J&K Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested a meter reader from the electricity department on Tuesday while accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 in the Rajouri district.An ACB spokesperson said the meter reader, who was stationed with the PDD in Rajouri, was caught red-handed...