financial crime

New Delhi, March 11 The CBI has arrested Darwin Labs co-founder Ayush Varshney, one of the main accused in the Rs 20,000 crore Gain Bitcoin currency scam case, officials said on Wednesday.The agency had issued a Look Out Circular against Varshney. His attempt to flee the country on Monday...

New Delhi, March 10 The CBI has arrested a chief electrical distribution engineer with the Central Railway and two private individuals in an alleged bribery case involving Rs 10 lakh, officials said on Tuesday.The central investigative agency had registered the case against the 2003-batch...

Lucknow, March 10 – A Special CBI Court in Lucknow on Tuesday sentenced four individuals to eight years of Rigorous Imprisonment (RI) for a ₹6.75 crore bank fraud in Uttar Pradesh, along with a fine of ₹70 lakh each, according to an official.The Special Court convicted Ramji Mishra, Shyamji...

Belagavi (Karnataka), March 10 A massive cyber fraud network, allegedly using 2,900 dummy bank accounts to funnel fraudulent transactions, has been uncovered, police said on Tuesday.According to police officials, cyber fraudsters are increasingly targeting unemployed youth and women by luring...

New Delhi, March 9 The Enforcement Directorate has approached the Delhi High Court to have the observations made by a trial court on its investigation into money laundering against former chief minister Arvind Kejriwal and others linked to the CBI's excise policy case removed.The Enforcement...

Bhubaneswar, March 9 Over 80,000 cyber fraud complaints involving ₹972.60 crore were reported in Odisha between June 2024 and December 2025, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi informed the Assembly on Monday.Responding to a written question by BJD legislator Pratap Keshari Deb, Majhi said that...

Hyderabad, March 9 A retired district judge fell victim to the "digital arrest" scam and lost over Rs 1 crore, police said on Monday.The cyber criminals threatened the 69-year-old retired judge about a week ago, claiming that his mobile number was involved in women trafficking and other...

Hyderabad, March 9 A retired district judge fell victim to the "digital arrest" scam and lost over Rs one crore, police said on Monday.The cyber criminals threatened the 69-year-old retired judge about a week ago, claiming that his mobile number was involved in women trafficking and other...

Thane, March 9 A 36-year-old man from the Thane district of Maharashtra has allegedly been cheated of Rs 62 lakh by an acquaintance who lured him to invest in the stock market, promising him high returns, police said on Monday.Based on a complaint, the Kapurbawdi police registered a first...

Bhubaneswar, March 8 The Odisha Vigilance arrested a government engineer on Sunday for allegedly amassing assets disproportionate to his known sources of income, officials said.Pramod Kumar Ray, assistant executive engineer (AEE) in the Derabish irrigation sub-division under the Kendrapara...

Srinagar, March 8 The Economic Offences Wing of the Crime Branch Kashmir has filed a chargesheet against seven individuals accused of misappropriating funds from the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan scheme for school building work in the Kupwara district, officials said on Sunday.The EOW filed a...

Amaravati, March 7 Andhra Pradesh IT Minister Nara Lokesh said on Saturday that the alleged Rs 3,500-crore "liquor scam" during the previous YSRCP government involved monthly kickbacks of Rs 100 crore and over Rs 1,000-crore in cash, as uncovered by the ED.On Friday, the Enforcement...

New Delhi, March 7 Three men, including an employee of a jewelry trader who allegedly absconded with Rs 54 lakh entrusted to him for a transaction in Chandni Chowk, north Delhi, have been arrested by the Delhi Police, an official said on Saturday.The accused have been identified as Rupesh...

Mumbai, March 6 The Deputy Commissioner of State Tax (GST) and a private individual were arrested on Friday for allegedly demanding and accepting a bribe of Rs 20 lakh in Nashik, a Maharashtra Anti-Corruption Bureau official said.He identified the arrested individuals as Deputy Commissioner of...

Gurugram, March 6 – The Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Gurugram Zonal Office provisionally attached immovable properties worth approximately ₹206.40 crore on Friday in connection with a money laundering case involving TDI Infrastructure Ltd., officials said.According to the agency, the...

New Delhi, March 6 A man allegedly impersonated a spiritual leader and defrauded a 65-year-old woman of her gold jewelry by claiming he could resolve her problems, an official said on Friday.The accused, identified as Mithun, has been arrested and one piece of gold jewelry belonging to the...

New Delhi, March 6 The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at multiple locations in Mumbai and Hyderabad on Friday as part of a money laundering investigation against Reliance Power Ltd., a group company of businessman Anil Ambani, officials said.About 10-12 locations linked to the...

Srinagar, March 5 – The Crime Branch of the Jammu and Kashmir Police announced on Thursday that it had arrested an alleged overseas job fraudster in Faridabad, Haryana.In a statement, the Crime Branch Kashmir said a team from the Special Crime Wing (SCW) arrested the accused, who had allegedly...

Mumbai, March 4 Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis said on Wednesday that strict action would be taken against licensed money lenders who charge interest rates higher than the prescribed norms, and their licenses would also be revoked.Responding to a question in the legislative...

Mumbai, March 4 A 62-year-old stockbroker from Mumbai received a death threat from an unidentified caller using an international number, who demanded Rs 5 crore in extortion money from him, police said on Wednesday.The complainant received the threat message on WhatsApp.The sender allegedly...