financial crime

Shimla, March 28 Himachal Pradesh has witnessed a sharp increase in cyber fraud, with a total of 585 cases registered in the state from January 31, 2026, up to the past three years, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu told the assembly on Saturday.Responding to a question from BJP MLA Inder...

Gurugram, March 28 Directors of a company are alleged to have defrauded another company from which they had taken loans worth crores of rupees. Gurugram Police have arrested one of the directors from Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, officials said on Saturday.The arrest came following a complaint filed...

Nashik (Maharashtra), March 28 Police said on Saturday that two more cases have been registered against self-proclaimed spiritual leader Ashok Kharat, adding that the Special Investigation Team investigating him has received over 100 complaints via phone.With this, a total of ten FIRs, eight...

New Delhi, March 28 Five individuals have been arrested for allegedly providing mule bank accounts to cyber fraud syndicates, with links to Dubai, police said on Saturday.The case involves the defrauding of a man to the tune of over Rs 12 lakh under the pretext of stock market investment, they...

Hoshiarpur (Punjab), March 28 Police have registered a case following a reported online fraud of approximately Rs 17.52 lakh from the bank accounts of a retired Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) officer in Hoshiarpur district, Punjab, officials said on Saturday.According to officials at the...

Karimnagar (Telangana), March 28 A large network involved in operating illegal mule bank accounts used for fraudulent financial transactions was busted on Saturday, police officials said.The operation, nicknamed 'Operation Crackdown 1.0' by the Karimnagar police, identified 24 suspects, and 13...

Ahmedabad/Surat, March 27 – A key figure in a counterfeit currency racket involving forged Rs 500 notes has been arrested by the Ahmedabad Crime Branch. The investigation, which has expanded to include a network allegedly linked to a self-proclaimed spiritual leader known among associates as...

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...

New Delhi, March 27 The Enforcement Directorate filed a chargesheet against former Reliance Communications president Punit Garg and another person on Friday as part of its investigation into money laundering related to an alleged fraud involving a loan of Rs 40,000 crore, official sources said...

Bhopal, March 27 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Bhopal Zonal Office, has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth approximately Rs 83.24 lakh under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002.The action comes in connection with a disproportionate assets case...

Colombo, March 27 The Supreme Court fined a former health minister of Sri Lanka 75 million Sri Lankan rupees on Friday for violating fundamental rights by importing medicines under an Indian credit line in 2022 through a company not registered for that purpose.A three-judge bench of the island...

Mumbai, March 27 The Bombay High Court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking a CBI investigation against Reliance Industries Limited and its chairman and managing director Mukesh Ambani for alleged illegal extraction of natural gas from ONGC's Krishna-Godavari basin fields.A bench of Chief...

Chennai, March 27 The Election Commission's flying squad has seized gold and silver jewellery worth ₹77.29 crore during a vehicle check in the city, police said on Friday.The ECI's flying squad, while conducting a vehicle check in Ashok Nagar, which falls under the T Nagar Assembly...

Mumbai, March 26 Police have arrested a man here for allegedly cheating several people by promising them government jobs while claiming to know senior Maharashtra ministers and officials.Tushar Sanjay Kadam, the accused, allegedly collected a total of Rs 42.5 lakh in this way, promising the...

Patna, March 26 – In its ongoing crackdown on corruption, the Vigilance Investigation Bureau (VIB) carried out a major operation in Nalanda, the district where Chief Minister Nitish Kumar resides, on Thursday, leading to the arrest of a Health Department official.The operation took place in...

Thane, March 26 Two individuals have been arrested for allegedly defrauding a businessman of lakhs of rupees by promising to arrange a ₹50 crore investment in his company, police said on Thursday.Vinod Yadav alias Baba Yadav and Dilip Mamtora, along with another individual, allegedly provided...

Chennai, March 26 DMK Rajya Sabha MP R Girirajan has approached the Madras High Court, seeking a direction to the ED to register a case under the PMLA against two BJP leaders, including Tamil Nadu BJP chief Nainar Nagenthran, and take appropriate action, a source said on Thursday.He claimed...

New Delhi, March 26 The CBI has conducted searches at the residences of two former directors of Reliance Telecom and the company office after registering an FIR against them in connection with an alleged fraud of Rs 114.98 crore in State Bank of India, officials said on Thursday."The Central...

New Delhi, March 26 – In a major breakthrough, the Special Staff of Delhi Police apprehended seven minors involved in multiple cases of motorcycle theft, robbery, and theft on Thursday. The police also recovered three stolen motorcycles from their possession, officials said on Thursday...

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally seized properties worth approximately ₹1,700 crore in the Mahadev online betting case. In a press release issued on March 25, the Raipur Zonal Office of the ED stated that the action was taken under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.The agency...