financial fraud

Bhubaneswar, March 9: Despite sustained government efforts to raise public awareness, cybercriminals continue to spread their activities across the state, defrauding unsuspecting individuals and stealing crores of rupees, according to official data.Responding to a question in the Odisha...

Bengaluru, March 7 – Home Minister G. Parameshwara said that the Karnataka government has taken stringent measures to curb cybercrime and ensure digital safety for citizens.Minister Parameshwara was speaking on Saturday after inaugurating the third annual Cyber Crime Investigation Summit...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 Kerala police said on Friday that they had arrested 165 people and registered 455 cases in a statewide drive to curb cyber financial fraud and related activities.The special drive, code-named "Operation Cy-Hunt 2.0", was conducted simultaneously at all police...

Gangtok, March 6 A 44-year-old man has been arrested in Sikkim for allegedly defrauding a woman by pretending to be interested in marriage, police said on Friday.The woman, who lives in Khamdong in Gangtok's Singtam, filed a police complaint, stating that her engagement with the man took place...

Mumbai, March 6 Mumbai police have arrested a man from Gujarat for his alleged involvement in a cyber fraud case, in which a senior citizen was defrauded of Rs 2.25 crore after being threatened with arrest in a fake terrorism-related investigation, an official said on Friday.The accused...

Srinagar, March 6 A court in the Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir has denied bail to five HDFC Bank officials accused of large-scale financial fraud, the Crime Branch said on Friday.A spokesman for the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) said that the Court of the Chief Judicial Magistrate...

Srinagar, March 6 – The Chief Judicial Magistrate (CJM) in Shopian district, Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), on Friday rejected the bail applications of five HDFC Bank officials who were allegedly involved in a major financial fraud case.Officials said on Friday that in a significant development in a...

Gandhinagar, March 3 – The State Cyber Crime Cell of the CID in Gandhinagar, Gujarat, has busted an inter-state cyber fraud racket allegedly responsible for cheating victims for over ₹39.41 crore, officials said on Tuesday.Two men, identified as Amit Gangera, a hair salon operator, and...

New Delhi, March 3 The Delhi Police have arrested three men and brought a woman under preventive detention in connection with an alleged cyber fraud module that cheated a grocery shop owner in northwest Delhi of Rs 17 lakh by posing as stock market investors, an official said on Tuesday.The...

Chandigarh, March 2 Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema on Monday targeted the BJP government in Haryana over the Rs 590-crore IDFC First Bank fraud case, claiming that it has "completely failed" in adopting new technology, which is why people's money is being "looted" in the neighboring...

Mumbai, March 2 A man was arrested in Gujarat after evading authorities for 10 months in a case of job fraud, a Mumbai police official said on Monday.Narendra Manguruji Maundekar had allegedly cheated retired railway officer Jayprakash Tamore (64) of Rs 17 lakh by promising a job in ONGC for...

Mumbai, March 2 As the number of retail investors surges, Sebi Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey said the regulator is intensifying surveillance and technology-driven enforcement to curb rising pre-investment scams that divert funds before investors even interact with registered intermediaries...

New Delhi, March 1 Bharti Airtel will deploy its AI-enabled spam protection tool on text messages sent via Google's messaging platform to protect its customers from potential digital fraud, as part of the collaboration between the two firms, the telecom operator said on Sunday.Following the...

London, March 1 An elderly Indian-origin couple from Leicester, who were swindled out of a significant portion of their savings when they booked a flight to Ahmedabad only to discover the tickets were fake, are sharing their experience as a cautionary tale for others.Dinesh, 80, and Shashikala...

Gurugram, March 1 The CEO of a real estate company has been arrested here for allegedly defrauding several lawyers of Rs 6 crore by promising them high returns on an investment in a project, police said on Sunday.The accused, Puneet Beriwala (62), CEO of Vipul Limited and a resident of...

Chandigarh, February 28 The State Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau in Haryana arrested a state government employee on Saturday in connection with the Rs 590 crore IDFC First Bank fraud case.Official sources said the employee's role is under investigation in the fraud case, which rocked the...

Shivamogga (Karnataka), February 27 Three individuals have been arrested in connection with cyber fraud cases involving over Rs 82 crore and 352 complaints registered nationwide, police said here on Friday.The accused have been booked by the cybercrime police station under Section 66(D) of the...

Thane, February 27 A case has been registered against two men in Thane city, Maharashtra, for allegedly defrauding 12 people of ₹1.78 crore by luring them to invest in a bogus share market scheme promising high returns, police said on Friday.Based on a complaint lodged by a woman from Bhandup...

Jaipur, February 26 – The Rajasthan Police have launched a major crackdown on an organized cyber fraud network allegedly involved in siphoning off crores of rupees from government welfare schemes. Fifty-one accused have been arrested, and proceedings have been initiated to attach properties...

Gurugram, February 26 In a peculiar case of fraud, a young man is alleged to have stayed at a hotel here for about five months without paying a single penny, apparently sending screenshots of "fake payments" worth around Rs 6 lakhs to the hotel operator, police said on Thursday.When the...