financial crime

Mumbai, March 13 A Mumbai court denied bail to alleged middleman Ketan Kadam in the ₹65 crore Mithi river desilting scam case, after calling him the "mastermind of the criminal conspiracy".His bail plea was rejected earlier this week by Additional Sessions Judge N G Shukla. In the reasoned...

Shillong, March 13 Police have arrested six people, including two from Haryana, in connection with a series of ATM thefts in the East Khasi Hills district of Meghalaya, in which nearly Rs 1 crore was stolen from three locations over the past year, a senior officer said on Friday.The thefts...

New Delhi, March 13 The Enforcement Directorate said on Friday that it had arrested two "absconding" accused in an alleged Rs 180 crore digital Ponzi scheme case from Bharuch district in Gujarat, where they were "hiding" after returning from Dubai via Nepal.Sudhir Dalsukhbhai Kotadiya and...

Berhampur (Odisha), March 13 Two individuals were arrested on Friday for allegedly defrauding a man of Rs 75 lakh in the Ganjam district of Odisha by selling him a plot of land that had already been sold to other people, police said.The accused real estate brokers have been identified as...

New Delhi, March 13 The CBI questioned Anil Ambani's son, Jai Anmol Ambani, for nearly six and a half hours on Friday in connection with a Rs 228-crore fraud case involving the Union Bank of India, officials said.Jai Anmol, the former director of Reliance Home Finance Limited (RHFL), has been...

Dhar, March 13 A group posing as Income Tax officials entered the home of a contractor in Dhar, Madhya Pradesh on Friday, claiming to be investigating the issue of undeclared wealth, and stole approximately 50 tolas of gold and several lakh rupees in cash, police said.The incident occurred at...

Srinagar, March 13 – Police in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir said on Friday that they had cracked a fake currency racket and three people have been detained in connection with it.A police statement said, "Police in the Shopian district have busted a fake currency circulation racket...

Bhubaneswar, March 12 The Odisha vigilance department has arrested a police assistant sub-inspector for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 25,000 from a dhaba owner, officials said on Friday.The arrested officer, identified as Arupa Nanda Das, who was stationed at the Badagaon...

The Shopian police in Jammu & Kashmir have successfully busted a fake currency circulation racket and recovered counterfeit notes worth ₹79,000, leading to the arrest of three individuals.Shopian, March 13: The Shopian police in Jammu & Kashmir have successfully busted a fake currency...

New Delhi, March 13 The Delhi Police has cautioned citizens against clicking on suspicious links or trusting calls from unknown numbers claiming to be from gas agencies, warning that cyber fraudsters may exploit the ongoing panic over LPG availability to deceive people and steal their...

Jalna, March 13 Two police personnel were allegedly caught accepting a bribe of Rs 30,000 from the owner of a tipper truck transporting sand in Jalna district, Maharashtra, the Anti-Corruption Bureau said on Friday.Inspector Manoj Kumar Rathod (50) and constable Ravi Jadhav (38), both attached...

Itanagar, March 13 The Arunachal Pradesh Police have arrested a man from Assam for allegedly cheating a woman by posing as a retailer offering iron rods at unusually low prices in an online fraud case, officials said on Friday.The accused, identified as Soribuddin Ahmed, was arrested from...

Jaipur, March 12 The Rajasthan Police's Special Operations Group (SOG) has arrested a man, allegedly involved in a large-scale fraud that collected crores of rupees from people by promising luxury car sales, cryptocurrency, and social media-based investment schemes.Additional Director General...

New Delhi, March 12 A Delhi court has issued a notice to the joint secretary of the Consular Passport and Visa division (CPV) of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to clarify the position regarding extradition proceedings against a former managing director of Bush Foods Overseas Pvt Ltd...

Bengaluru, March 12 A 55-year-old domestic helper was arrested for allegedly stealing gold jewellery and cash worth Rs 16 lakh from the house of an elderly couple here, police said.Dhanlakshmi had been working at the couple's house in Frazer Town for nearly 25 years, they said.With her...

Belagavi (Karnataka), March 12 Belagavi Police have arrested a woman who allegedly lured wealthy men and robbed them, officials said on Thursday.The accused has been identified as Deepa Avatagi (33), a native of Mahalingpur in Bagalkot district. She claimed to be a fashion designer.Her...

Patna, March 11 A total of 141 people were arrested during a statewide crackdown by the Bihar Police on Wednesday, targeting networks of fake bank accounts allegedly used to facilitate cyber fraud across the country, an official statement said.The statewide operation, carried out under 'Cyber...

Indore, March 11 Police raided the farmhouse of a woman IAS officer in the Indore district of Madhya Pradesh and detained 18 people for alleged gambling after gaining illegal entry, officials said on Wednesday.Following the incident, the IAS officer sent a letter to the police complaining...

New Delhi, March 11 The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at 19 locations on Wednesday in connection with alleged embezzlement of ₹590 crore from the accounts of the Haryana government, maintained with IDFC First Bank in Chandigarh, sources said.The agency conducted searches in...

Kolkata, March 11 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has summoned former West Bengal education secretary Manish Jain and expelled Trinamool Congress leader Kuntal Ghosh in connection with the SSC teachers’ recruitment corruption case, sources in the central agency said on Wednesday.Both have...