fraudulent activities

Meerut, March 27 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Friday that it has busted a cyber fraud racket based on SIM boxes and arrested two accused following searches at six locations in Uttar Pradesh.The accused, identified as Mohd Vilal and Mohd Dilshad, were apprehended from the...

Lucknow, March 25 The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) on Wednesday claimed to have busted a gang involved in facilitating cheating in competitive examinations by using forged Persons with Disabilities (PwD) certificates and arranging scribes in violation of rules.According to an STF...

Mumbai, March 23 – The Shiv Sena Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray (UBT) said on Monday that the ongoing controversy surrounding Captain Ashok Kharat, a self-proclaimed "royal astrologer," has sent shockwaves through Maharashtra's political corridors.While Kharat has been arrested following...

Belagavi (Karnataka), March 17 A group promising to quadruple investors' money has been busted in this district with the arrest of seven people, including two police officers from Maharashtra, officials said on Tuesday.Those arrested have been identified as Parashuram Bhimshi Badakari, Imran...

New Delhi, March 13 Callers and messaging entities engaging in fraudulent activities may lose their phone connections if their numbers are flagged through the AI spam alert service of telecom operators, even without complaints from subscribers, according to a draft proposal by the regulator...

New Delhi, March 12 The CBI has registered separate cases related to two incidents of digital fraud targeting a former professor and a retired gynecologist from Gujarat, defrauding them of a total of Rs 30 crore, officials said on Thursday.In the first case, a retired professor from St...

Mathura (UP), March 3 A couple from Punjab, accused of running a "dove trafficking" racket that cheated people by providing them with forged documents to travel abroad, were arrested from Vrindavan on Tuesday, police said."Dove trafficking" is a common North Indian term associated with illegal...

Mumbai, February 27: Ektaa Kapoor, the recipient of the Padma Shri award, has issued a clarification through her production house, drawing attention to fake casting calls made in her name.On Friday, her production house, Balaji Telefilms Limited, posted a long note on Instagram, informing its...

Bengaluru, February 24 – The Cyber Crime Police Station, Central Division, Bengaluru, attached to the Karnataka State Cyber Command, conducted a raid in the city and arrested two individuals on charges of operating a fake call centre and luring people by claiming they would earn profits through...

Ballia (UP), February 21 The "owner" of a purportedly non-existent firm was booked here for causing a revenue loss of Rs 6.59 crore by claiming input tax credit, police said on Saturday.The FIR was filed against Akhilesh Sharma, owner of Sharma Enterprises, which was reportedly located in...

New Delhi, February 18 The Delhi Police has arrested a couple for allegedly defrauding 48 investors of around Rs 2 crore through illegal investment schemes, an official said on Wednesday.The accused, Chanderdeep Chamoli and his wife, Sarita Chamoli, were identified by the Economic Offences...

New Delhi, February 17 The Delhi Police has cracked a traffic fraud and extortion syndicate, allegedly targeting traffic police officers by threatening to circulate fabricated videos, an official said on Tuesday.Three individuals, including a 32-year-old woman described as the mastermind, have...

Thiruvananthapuram, February 16 The Vigilance and Anti-Corruption Bureau (VACB) launched a statewide raid on Monday following information about widespread irregularities and corruption in the implementation of the Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) scheme in Kerala...

Bhubaneswar, February 12 An elderly couple from the Nayapalli area of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, were allegedly kept under "digital arrest" by cyber fraudsters for over 35 hours, police said on Thursday.However, the couple did not suffer any financial loss as the bank account provided by the...