financial crime

New Delhi, March 25 The High Court of London rejected diamantaire Nirav Modi's petition to reopen his case against his extradition to India, where he is wanted in connection with the Rs 13,000-crore Punjab National Bank (PNB) fraud, officials said.Modi had approached the High Court of Justice...

Johannesburg, March 25 The trial of six South African women of Indian origin, accused of stealing jewellery worth over R3.2 million from a renowned jewellery store in Durban, has commenced nearly three years after the incident, a media report said on Wednesday.The women were arrested in...

Gurugram, March 25 The Gurugram Police have arrested the wife of a yoga teacher after she was caught red-handed allegedly taking Rs 1 lakh from a woman who was blackmailed by the couple for the last three years, officials said.The yoga teacher was accused of having an intimate relationship...

Bhubaneswar, March 25 – The Odisha Police have arrested a man from Kolkata in connection with a multi-crore online investment scam in which a businessman from Cuttack was cheated of over Rs 12.33 crore, a senior Crime Branch official said on Wednesday.The 36-year-old accused, identified as...

Indore, March 25 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED)'s Indore Sub-Zonal Office has provisionally attached three immovable properties worth approximately Rs 4 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with a significant bank fraud case.The attached properties...

Ranchi, March 25 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) apprehended the Chief Commercial Inspector (CCI) of South Eastern Railway in Ranchi, the capital of Jharkhand, on Wednesday, in connection with a bribery case.The accused, identified as Himanshu Shekhar, allegedly demanded and...

New Delhi, March 25 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has attached immovable assets worth approximately ₹1,700 crore located in Dubai, belonging to entities linked to Sourabh Chandrakar, one of the main promoters of the "illegal" Mahadev online betting app, as part of its investigation into money...

New Delhi, March 25 The Delhi Police has arrested six suspects linked to multiple interstate cybercrime syndicates allegedly involved in "digital fraud," fake IPO and trading scams, uncovering a scheme involving around ₹10.6 crore related to 89 complaints, an official said on Wednesday.The...

Ranchi, March 25 The Jharkhand CID has arrested a man from Darbhanga in Bihar for allegedly extorting over Rs 10 lakh from an elderly person, after placing him under "digital arrest," officials said on Wednesday.The accused, posing as officials from law enforcement agencies, "intimidated and...

Latur, March 25 A man has been arrested for allegedly impersonating a police officer to cheat people in Latur district, Maharashtra, by claiming to help recover stolen property, officials said.The accused reportedly tracked theft cases in newspapers, used fake documents and a purported UPSC...

Mumbai, March 25 – A sensational and chilling case has come to light in the Sakinaka area of Mumbai, where a man is accused of conspiring to kill his wife in order to continue a relationship with his girlfriend. The accused reportedly paid Rs 6.70 lakh to have his wife killed and attempted to...

Gurugram, March 24 Two individuals have been arrested for allegedly providing bank accounts to cyber fraudsters involved in an investment scam, officials said on Tuesday.A complaint was lodged on September 8 last year at the Cyber South police station regarding a fraud of approximately Rs 1.09...

Ahmedabad, March 24 A yoga teacher from Surat and six others, who were arrested last week for possessing fake Indian currency notes (FICN), are believed to have circulated around Rs 10 to 12 lakh in fake currency, police said on Tuesday.During interrogation, Pradip Jotangiya, a yoga teacher...

Patna, March 24 A husband-wife couple were arrested in Gurugram, Haryana, in connection with an alleged fraud involving fake franchise and investment schemes, and were produced before a court here on Tuesday, an official said.The arrests were made over the past two days, and the accused were...

New Delhi, March 24 The Delhi Police has arrested 11 suspects for their involvement in a cyber fraud racket operating from Delhi and Mumbai, which allegedly defrauded a senior citizen here of more than Rs 22 lakh by promising high returns on investment, an official said on Tuesday.The accused...

Bengaluru, March 24 Six people have been arrested for allegedly cheating hundreds of job aspirants out of lakhs of rupees by falsely promising them employment in district courts across the state, police said on Tuesday.Among those arrested are Jason D'souza (39) and his wife Lavina (36), who...

Ahmedabad, March 24 – A special CBI court in Ahmedabad has convicted and sentenced four accused, including two former officials of UCO Bank, to five years of Rigorous Imprisonment along with fines in two separate bank fraud cases, officials said on Tuesday.The court on March 23 awarded the...

New Delhi, March 24 – The Delhi Police announced on Tuesday that they had solved seven cases of burglary and house theft, arresting three individuals: a brother, his sister, and his wife, who were allegedly involved in a series of daytime burglaries in the Mehrauli area of South Delhi...

Chennai, March 23 The Election Commission's surveillance and enforcement teams seized a total of ₹151.93 crore worth of cash, liquor, drugs, and other goods in Tamil Nadu.The teams, deployed across Tamil Nadu to monitor and curb illegal inducements, seized ₹30.53 crore in cash and...

Ahmedabad, March 23 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a prosecution complaint before the Special Court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) in Ahmedabad against a chartered accountant accused of defrauding a trust of over Rs six crore, officials said on Monday.In a...