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Kochi, March 14 The Kochi city cyber police have recovered over Rs 1 crore stolen from an 81-year-old man through a "digital arrest" online fraud.The incident occurred in November last year when the elderly man was defrauded of around Rs 1.30 crore in a digital arrest scam, where fraudsters...

New Delhi, March 13 The Enforcement Directorate said on Friday that it had arrested two "absconding" accused in an alleged Rs 180 crore digital Ponzi scheme case from Bharuch district in Gujarat, where they were "hiding" after returning from Dubai via Nepal.Sudhir Dalsukhbhai Kotadiya and...

Chandigarh, March 13 – The ED conducted searches at 19 premises across Chandigarh, Mohali, Panchkula, Gurgaon, and Bangalore in connection with the IDFC First Bank case involving the embezzlement of public funds amounting to Rs 597 crore, an official said on Friday.During the searches, more...

The Shopian police in Jammu & Kashmir have successfully busted a fake currency circulation racket and recovered counterfeit notes worth ₹79,000, leading to the arrest of three individuals.Shopian, March 13: The Shopian police in Jammu & Kashmir have successfully busted a fake currency...

New Delhi, March 13 The Enforcement Directorate said on Friday that it has frozen 90 bank accounts following recent searches in the IDFC First Bank-linked money laundering case, where an alleged sum of ₹590 crore of Haryana government funds is said to have been siphoned off.The federal...

New Delhi, March 13 The Delhi High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a man in a case of "digital arrest," noting that instances of extorting money from unsuspecting victims using technology are increasingly being reported across the country.Justice Swarana Kanta Sharma said the...

New Delhi, March 12 – The Delhi High Court issued a notice to Al-Falah University Group Chairman Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui on Thursday in response to a plea filed by the Enforcement Directorate (ED) challenging a trial court order granting him interim bail in a money laundering case related to the...

New Delhi, March 12 A Delhi court has issued a notice to the joint secretary of the Consular Passport and Visa division (CPV) of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to clarify the position regarding extradition proceedings against a former managing director of Bush Foods Overseas Pvt Ltd...

Ahmedabad, March 12 A special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) here on Thursday rejected the regular bail plea of IAS officer and former Surendranagar collector Rajendrakumar Patel, who was arrested in January by the Enforcement Directorate in a bribery-linked money...

New Delhi, March 12 The Enforcement Directorate challenged in the Delhi High Court the two-week interim bail granted to Al Falah University group chairman Jawad Ahmed Siddiqui in a money laundering case, arguing that the trial court did not consider his involvement in the Red Fort blast case...

New Delhi, March 12 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted coordinated searches at 15 locations across Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, and Punjab in connection with a large-scale, organized online investment and part-time job fraud, an official statement said on Thursday.The...

New Delhi, March 12 The CBI has conducted searches at 15 locations across multiple states in connection with a large-scale online financial fraud involving the overseas fintech platform 'Pyypl', officials said on Thursday.The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) is now seeking custody of the...

Shimla, March 11 – In a significant move to return ill-gotten gains to rightful claimants, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Shimla has successfully recovered immovable properties worth Rs 1.69 crore from M/s Arvind Casting Pvt. Ltd. in the bank fraud case, and transferred them to the State...

Chandigarh/New Delhi, March 11 The Enforcement Directorate has registered a money laundering case and conducted searches at multiple locations on Wednesday in connection with the alleged embezzlement of Rs 590 crore from the accounts of the Haryana government, maintained with IDFC First Bank, in...

New Delhi, March 11 India is working to create a domestic Virtual Asset Lab to detect unregistered, high-risk offshore virtual asset service providers (oVASPs) by using analytics and web surveillance tools.A Financial Action Task Force (FATF) report, titled 'Understanding and mitigating the...

New Delhi, March 11 The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches at 19 locations on Wednesday in connection with alleged embezzlement of ₹590 crore from the accounts of the Haryana government, maintained with IDFC First Bank in Chandigarh, sources said.The agency conducted searches in...

Ranchi, March 11 – The Jharkhand High Court delivered a significant ruling on Wednesday in the ongoing dispute between the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and the Jharkhand Police. The High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to investigate the FIR filed against ED...

New Delhi, March 11 The CBI has arrested Darwin Labs co-founder Ayush Varshney, one of the main accused in the Rs 20,000 crore Gain Bitcoin currency scam case, officials said on Wednesday.The agency had issued a Look Out Circular against Varshney. His attempt to flee the country on Monday...

Mumbai, March 10 A person acquires proceeds of crime if he takes a bribe, the Bombay High Court has said while refusing relief to a former senior official of the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation arrested by the ED last year in a money laundering case.A bench of Chief Justice Shree...

Jammu, March 10 Senior Aam Aadmi Party leader Manish Sisodia on Tuesday expressed full confidence in the judiciary and said that he and others who were recently discharged in the excise policy case but were later served notices by the Delhi High Court would follow all legal processes.Sisodia...