fraud investigation

New Delhi, February 17 The Enforcement Directorate said on Tuesday that it has attached ₹1.76 crore of funds deposited in a mule bank account as part of its money laundering investigation linked to the digital arrest of prominent Ludhiana-based industrialist S P Oswal.The funds were held in...

Kolkata, February 17 – A SIM box racket was busted with the arrest of one person in connection with a cyber fraud case involving over Rs 3 crore in Kolkata, the police said on Tuesday.The arrest was made for duping a Kolkata couple of over Rs 3 crore by threatening them with digital arrest...

Srinagar, February 16 The Jammu and Kashmir Police has unearthed an interstate online investment scam worth Rs 209 crore in the Ganderbal district, and has arrested nine people, including the main operator from Delhi, officials said on Monday."So far, the police have collected details of 835...

Thane, February 16 A court in the Thane district on Monday allowed the arrested corporator, Vilas Raghunath Patil, to be escorted by the police to file his nomination papers for the upcoming mayoral elections of the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation (BNMC).A BNMC release stated that nine...

New Delhi, February 16 – The Special Court has issued notices to Venugopal Dhoot and 12 other entities in the Rs 61,773 crore bank loan fraud case related to Videocon’s oil and gas business in Mozambique, according to a statement issued by the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) on Monday.The...

Thane, February 14 Ahead of the mayoral election in the Bhiwandi-Nizampur Municipal Corporation in Thane district, the leader of a local party, which has four corporators, was arrested on Saturday in a case of alleged fraud, police said.The mayoral election in the Bhiwandi civic body is...

Ludhiana, Feb 14 The Ludhiana Police have produced a man on a production warrant in connection with an alleged cyber fraud involving Padma Bhushan awardee and industrialist S P Oswal of the Vardhman Group, officials said on Saturday.Arpit Rathore, a close aide of key accused Rumi Kalita from...

Panaji, February 14 – The Enforcement Directorate's Panaji Zonal Office has provisionally attached three immovable properties worth ₹2.29 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, in connection with a major fraud involving Jiwa Mines and Minerals Ltd, officials said on...

Mumbai, February 14 – The Enforcement Directorate arrested a former Lodha Developers director, Rajendra Narpatmal Lodha, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in connection with an ongoing investigation into an alleged fraud case involving losses of over ₹100 crore to the real estate...

Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu), February 13 The CB-CID of the Tamil Nadu police has busted an inter-state iridium scam network by arresting six individuals who were allegedly impersonating RBI officials and defrauding victims to the tune of Rs 5.65 crore, police said on Friday.The gang reportedly...

New Delhi, February 13 The Enforcement Directorate said on Friday that it has attached hotels, resorts, and land parcels worth ₹200 crore in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands as part of an investigation into money laundering.These assets were "directly or indirectly" derived from, or involved...

New Delhi, February 12 The Enforcement Directorate said on Thursday that it has filed a chargesheet against some accused who allegedly defrauded US nationals of crores of rupees through a "tech support scam", and used the money to purchase lavish houses, cars, luxury watches, and to fly in...

Berhampur (Odisha), February 11 The Odisha Police on Wednesday arrested a 40-year-old resident of Andhra Pradesh for allegedly defrauding a Hyderabad-based company operating in the Ganjam district, amounting to Rs 46 lakh, in the production of Aadhaar cards.The accused, identified as...

New Delhi, February 11 The Delhi Police have arrested two men involved in an organized cyber fraud racket involving fraudulent SIM card porting and unauthorized access to banking applications, an official said on Wednesday.The police said the arrests were made in connection with an online...

New Delhi, Feb 10 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday called on the CBI and I4C to develop a joint system with other institutions like the NIA, ED, and banks to create a “coordinated and highly secure ecosystem” and remain “two steps ahead” in countering cybercriminals who use novel...

Sri Vijaya Puram, February 10 The Calcutta High Court on Tuesday rejected the bail applications of former Member of Parliament of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, and Sanjay Lal, another accused, in connection with a case involving a fraud of Rs 500 crore against a bank.The...

New Delhi, February 9 The Enforcement Directorate has constituted a special investigation team (SIT) to probe the alleged banking and corporate fraud worth Rs 40,000 crore involving the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group (ADAG) and linked entities, official sources said on Monday.The SIT is led by an...

New Delhi, February 9 The Supreme Court on Monday described the siphoning of over ₹54,000 crore by digital fraudsters as "absolute robbery or dacoity" and asked the Centre to draft a standard operating procedure in consultation with stakeholders such as the RBI, banks, and the Department of...

Thane, February 9 Hundreds of victims of a ₹1,200 crore investment scam staged a protest outside the police commissioner's office in Thane district, Maharashtra, demanding a swift investigation into the case and the return of the money they were defrauded of.The Economic Offences Wing (EOW)...