investment fraud

New Delhi, March 30 The Enforcement Directorate said on Monday that it has returned assets worth more than Rs 15,000 crore to a special committee appointed by the Supreme Court, so that investors allegedly cheated in a Ponzi scheme by Chandigarh-based PACL (Pearls Group) can recover their dues...

New Delhi, March 28 – The Delhi Police has busted an investment fraud syndicate with the arrest of five individuals allegedly involved in operating a network of mule bank accounts used for cyber crimes, officials said on Saturday.A team from the Cyber Police Station of the South-West District...

Bhubaneswar, March 25 – The Odisha Police have arrested a man from Kolkata in connection with a multi-crore online investment scam in which a businessman from Cuttack was cheated of over Rs 12.33 crore, a senior Crime Branch official said on Wednesday.The 36-year-old accused, identified as...

Guwahati, March 24 – The Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Guwahati Zonal Office has provisionally attached assets worth ₹13.41 crore in connection with a major Ponzi scam involving M/s DB Stock Consultancy and its proprietor, Deepankar Barman, officials said on Tuesday.The operation was carried...

Bengaluru, March 24 – The Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Mangaluru Sub-Zonal Office has provisionally attached properties, including agricultural land and LIC policies, amounting to ₹1.66 crore in the names of Hariprasad Jayanna and Gajanana Wadeyar, under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act...

New Delhi, March 24 – In a major crackdown on cybercrime, the Delhi Police arrested 11 individuals on Tuesday who were involved in a well-organized investment fraud racket operating across Delhi and Mumbai. The accused allegedly defrauded a senior citizen of ₹22.67 lakh by luring him with...

New Delhi, March 23 Two individuals have been arrested for allegedly defrauding a Delhi resident of over Rs 21 lakh under the pretext of high-return online investments and prepaid services, police said on Monday.The police have arrested Narender, 24, and Prem Prakash alias Lovely, 38, both...

Thane, March 23 The Thane police have arrested two co-founders of cryptocurrency exchange platform CoinDCX in connection with an alleged fraud of Rs 71.6 lakh, officials said on Monday.The action follows the registration of an FIR at the Mumbra police station in Thane on March 16 against...

New Delhi, March 20 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) said it has attached fresh properties worth over Rs 5,000 crore as part of its investigation into money laundering against Chandigarh-based PACL (Pearls Group), accused of orchestrating a Rs 48,000 crore Ponzi scheme.These 126 immovable...

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...

New Delhi, March 17 The Enforcement Directorate has recovered immovable assets worth Rs 650 crore for over 2,300 homebuyers as part of an investigation into money laundering against Faridabad-based real estate company SRS Group, officials said on Tuesday.They said a special provision in the...

Thane, March 17 A 42-year-old insurance consultant from Mumbra in the Thane district of Maharashtra was allegedly cheated of over Rs 71 lakh by cyber fraudsters who lured him into investing in cryptocurrency trading, police said on Tuesday.A case has been registered against six individuals at...

Kochi (Kerala), March 15 Police on Sunday arrested three directors of a firm accused of defrauding hundreds of investors of over Rs 100 crore through a fake investment scheme linked to agricultural tourism here, officials said.The accused were identified as Muraleedharan, Ashik Murali, and...

Washington, March 6: Artificial intelligence and deepfake technology are accelerating financial scams in the United States, lawmakers were told, as banks and credit unions warned that criminals are using increasingly sophisticated tools to impersonate victims, manipulate consumers, and steal...

Mumbai, March 5 The Mumbai police have registered a case against a man for allegedly cheating actress Varsha Usgaonkar and four others of Rs 47 lakh with the promise of lucrative returns on investment, a police official said on Thursday.Referring to the first information report (FIR), the...

Mumbai, March 5 – Marathi actress Varsha Usgaonkar is among several people who have reportedly been cheated of around ₹47 lakh by a man posing as a builder and film producer, according to the Mumbai Police.A case involving fraud related to the Marathi film industry has come to light. According...

New Delhi, March 1 The Delhi Police has arrested 27 men in connection with cyber fraud cases involving more than Rs 1.5 crore, from 11 states, following a week-long pan-India operation, an official said on Sunday.According to the police, the accused were involved in at least 10 major cyber...

New Delhi, February 27 Rashid Naseem, an economic offender who was on the run and wanted in connection with an alleged investment fraud in Uttar Pradesh, has been arrested in Dubai, officials said on Friday.The Enforcement Directorate (ED) had obtained an Interpol Red Notice to facilitate his...

Bhubaneswar, February 27 – The Crime Branch of the Odisha Police has arrested a 31-year-old cybercriminal from Bihar for his alleged involvement in a Rs 2.06 crore investment fraud case, a senior police official informed on Friday.The accused, identified as Prins Raj of Ratanapur in Begusarai...

New Delhi, February 27 Rashid Naseem, an economic offender who was on the run and the subject of an alleged investment fraud case filed by the Enforcement Directorate in Uttar Pradesh, has been arrested in the UAE, officials said on Friday.A Special PMLA (Prevention of Money Laundering Act)...