money laundering

Mumbai, March 23 Former NCB Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede told the Bombay High Court on Monday that he never demanded or took a bribe from actor Shah Rukh Khan to spare his son Aryan Khan following the latter's arrest in a cruise drugs case.Wankhede's counsel, Aabad Ponda, was arguing...

Belagavi (Karnataka), March 23 An 81-year-old businessman is alleged to have lost over Rs 15 crore in a "digital fraud" scheme after fraudsters posing as CBI officials accused him of involvement in a financial crime, police said.According to officials, the senior citizen received multiple...

Belagavi (Karnataka), March 22 An 81-year-old businessman in this city is alleged to have lost over Rs 15 crore in a "digital fraud scam" after fraudsters posing as CBI officials accused him of involvement in a financial crime, police said on Sunday.According to officials, the senior citizen...

Belagavi (Karnataka), March 22 An 81-year-old businessman here is alleged to have lost over Rs 15 crore in a "digital fraud scam" after fraudsters posing as CBI officials accused him of involvement in a financial crime, police said on Sunday.According to officials, the senior citizen received...

Amaravati, March 22 – A member of the Andhra Pradesh Assembly has lost Rs 12 lakh in an online fraud, police said.Cybercriminals allegedly duped Chirri Balaraju, the MLA from Polavaram.The legislator from the Jana Sena Party (JSP) received a WhatsApp message containing a link in the name of...

Houston (US), March 21 An Indian-origin county judge has been convicted of money laundering following a jury verdict in a high-profile campaign finance case in Texas, the US state, and faces removal from office after official sentencing on June 16.K P George's conviction, a third-degree felony...

Belagavi (Karnataka), March 21 – An elderly businessman in Belagavi has lost Rs 15 crore after falling victim to a cyber fraud involving a so-called “digital arrest,” police said on Saturday.A complaint has been registered at the Belagavi City Cyber, Economic and Narcotics (CEN) police...

Washington, March 21 – The United States took action against what it described as a sprawling financial network that channeled over $100 million to Hezbollah, sanctioning individuals and companies operating across several countries.The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets...

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has provisionally attached 126 immovable properties worth over five thousand crore rupees across Punjab and Delhi. The ED stated that the action was taken in connection with a massive financial fraud linked to PACL Limited, under the provisions of the Prevention...

New Delhi, March 20 The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has executed its largest seizure in a single case, worth over ₹22,000 crore, by freezing properties in its investigation into money laundering against PACL (Pearls Group), based in Chandigarh, which is accused of orchestrating a ₹48,000 crore...

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...

Chennai, March 19 The DMK approached the Madras High Court on Thursday, seeking a directive to the Enforcement Directorate to register money laundering cases against former AIADMK state ministers and initiate a thorough investigation.The ruling party's Rajya Sabha MP, R Girirajan, has filed...

Bhopal, March 19 – The Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Bhopal Zonal Office conducted searches and seized assets at three premises linked to M/s Rajul Group and its partner, Priyank Mehta, in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, on Thursday.The action, conducted under the provisions of the Foreign Exchange...

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...

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...

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...

New Delhi, March 18 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has returned immovable properties worth approximately Rs 650 crore to 2,312 genuine homebuyers in connection with the money laundering investigation against the SRS Group, officials said on Wednesday.The return of the properties was...

New Delhi, March 18 The Delhi Police has arrested three individuals for allegedly facilitating the operations of a major "digital fraud" racket that cheated a resident of Paschim Vihar of Rs 14.2 lakh, an official said on Wednesday.The accused – Md Kaif (21) and Monish (21), residents of...

Bangalore, March 18 A 59-year-old man was arrested for allegedly defrauding an Income Tax department official by posing as a "parrot astrologer" and promising career growth and a better life through rituals, police said on Wednesday.Following the arrest of the accused astrologer, Shekar...

Mumbai, March 18 – In a shocking case of cyber fraud, a 71-year-old retired officer from the Dadar area of Mumbai was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.05 crore after being kept under digital arrest by fraudsters for 10 days. The accused, posing as officials from government agencies, created an...