financial crime

New Delhi, March 21 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested an Assistant Engineer (AE) of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) in a bribery case, officials said on Saturday.The accused, identified as Hukam Singh Meena, was posted at the MCD’s Shahdara South Zone, QUC...

New Delhi, March 20 A 23-year-old man working as a trainee manager at a service apartment facility in southwest Delhi's Palam area has been arrested for allegedly stealing over Rs 1.25 lakh from the reception counter at the establishment, police said on Friday.The accused has been identified...

New Delhi, March 20 The Supreme Court on Friday granted regular bail to Muppidi Avinash Reddy, a key accused in the multi-crore Andhra Pradesh liquor policy scam.The case involves alleged large-scale irregularities and a structured kickback network that operated between 2019 and 2024.A bench...

New Delhi, March 20 The CBI questioned industrialist Anil Ambani for the second consecutive day in connection with a ₹2,929-crore fraud case, registered against Reliance Communications Ltd and him on a complaint by the State Bank of India, officials said.Ambani arrived at the agency...

Kolkata, March 20 – The Kolkata Police recovered a large sum of cash from the trunk of a vehicle in New Town, a northern suburb of Kolkata, on Friday.Following instructions from the new Commissioner of the Kolkata Police, security arrangements have been tightened in the run-up to the Assembly...

Kathmandu, March 19 Nepal police on Thursday arrested seven people, including six Indians, for running a fake travel lottery scam.Those arrested include Bibek Regmi, 26, a Nepali national from the Saptari district, currently residing in Gatthaghar, Thimi of the Bhaktapur district, and Indian...

Bhubaneswar, March 19 The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Police has arrested a man for his alleged involvement in defrauding the District Mineral Foundation (DMF), Mayurbhanj, of Rs 9.6 crore, an official said on Thursday.One builder, Brajesh Mishra, was arrested from Chhattisgarh...

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...