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Karnataka man arrested for posing as Lokayukta officer, attempting extortion via WhatsApp

A man from Karnataka's Mangaluru was arrested for posing as a Lokayukta officer and attempting to extort money via WhatsApp. As per a PTI report, Dhananjaya Reddy Thota, 31, allegedly impersonated a Lokayukta official in a call to Purushottam, a panchayat officer, demanding money to "resolve" a supposed corruption case. Realtor held for posing as Lokayukta employee Recently, a 45-year-old …

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Strict laws for women's welfare, not to threaten, extort husbands: Supreme Court

India Today

The Supreme Court on Thursday underscored that laws enacted for the welfare of women should not be misused as instruments of harassment, intimidation, or extortion against their husbands. The Supreme Court's observations came amid the massive outrage of a techie, Atul Subhas, who alleged that his estranged wife and her family demanded Rs 2 lakh in monthly maintenance, later increasing …

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Women Need To Realise That Beneficial Laws Aren't Means To Threaten, Domineer Or Extort From Their Husbands : Supreme Court

Live Law

Once again expressing concerns about the misuse of domestic violence and dowry laws by disgruntled wives, the Supreme Court cautioned women not to abuse the laws which are meant for their protection. The Court observed that more often than not, provisions like Section 498A, 376, 377, 506 are invoked as a "combined package" to pressurise the husband to accede to …

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4 days, 11 hours ago

Paul Pogba’s brother sentenced to year in prison in extortion case

The Hindu

A Paris court convicted a brother of French international footballer Paul Pogba and five others on Thursday of attempting to extort the World Cup winner, French media reported. Mathias Pogba received a three-year sentence, with two of them suspended, after being found guilty of organised extortion and attempted extortion, the daily L’Equipe said. Paul Pogba, who played for English club …

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6 days, 8 hours ago

AP: StopNCII.org Shields Victims of Loan App Image Abuse

Deccan Chronicle

KURNOOL: There have been growing incidents of loan app organisers harassing people and those who extort money from individuals by posting their morphed or obscene pictures. The website's primary goal is to help those being harassed by scammers and fraudsters, who coerce individuals into sending inappropriate images under threats of violence or public embarrassment. To use StopNCII.org, individuals, who have …

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1 week ago

Scammers create fake Facebook profile of President Murmu, target Ranchi resident

India Today

Using fake social media accounts to defraud and extort money from people has become a common tactic for cyber scammers. Cybercriminals have created a fake account impersonating President Droupadi Murmu in an attempt to scam people. Recently, Facebook user Mantu Soni, a resident of Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, received a friend request from an account that appeared to belong to the …

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1 week ago

People in Madhya Pradesh lost 130 per cent more money due to digital arrest in 2024 compared to 2023

New Indian Express

BHOPAL: Money lost due to digital arrest -- the rising phenomenon of cyber fraudsters posing as enforcement agencies’ sleuths to extort money from targets -- has increased by more than 130 per cent within a year in Madhya Pradesh. The alarming statistics were shared by the state government on the second day of the ongoing winter session of the Vidhan …

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1 week ago

4 operatives of Arsh Dalla gang held for Mohali firing case

Hindustan Times

Two weeks after shots were fired outside a car accessories showroom in Phase 11, police have cracked the case with the arrest of four operatives of Canada-based terrorist Arsh Dalla. The four gang members were arrested near Focal Point, Mohali, along with the weapons used in the crime. Punjab director general of police Gaurav Yadav said, “The accused confessed to …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Dragons' Den's 'queen of hi-vis' is jailed after she blackmailed ex-aide £6,000 for a reference

Daily Mail

A Dragons’ Den winner has been jailed after demanding £6,000 from a former employee for a good reference. Yet when mother-of-two Mrs Davies was subsequently offered a job at a veterinary hospital and quoted Fletcher as a referee, she got a letter from her ex-boss offering ‘a reference full of lies in exchange for the value of the settlement or …

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1 week, 3 days ago

Delhi High Court Passes John Doe Order Against Extortion Threat Of Leaking Niva Bupa Insurance Company's Customer Data

Live Law

The Delhi High Court has issued a temporary injunction in favour of Niva Bupa insurance company, restraining unknown defendants from publishing, distributing or disclosing its customers' personal data in a ransomware extortion threat that sought to leak the confidential data. The Court also directed social media intermediaries including Telegram to remove access to the unknown defendant's accounts and domain names, …

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1 week, 4 days ago

Ex-Park Ranger Allegedly Targeted Gay Men In Massive Sexual Assault And Extortion Plot

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING A former park ranger in Houston, Texas, is accused of cornering gay men late at night in order to sexually assault them and extort them for money. Cullen Park in Harris County Texas, where Joey Lamar Ellis allegedly sexually assaulted and extorted multiple victims via Google Maps Google Maps Court records show Ellis was initially arrested in …

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2 weeks, 4 days ago

Judge Mathis faces lawsuit for allegedly threatening to shoot a city worker

LA Times

A Los Angeles man is gearing up to sue former reality TV star Judge Greg Mathis for allegedly threatening to shoot him while the man was working for the city outside Mathis’ home. An attorney representing Ricardo Acosta has written, but not yet filed, a complaint alleging that Mathis assaulted Acosta and inflicted emotional damage during a heated confrontation on …

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3 weeks ago

Bombay High Court Passes John Doe Order Against Threat Of Leaking HDFC Life's Customer Data

Live Law

In a ransomware extortion threat against HDFC Life that sought to leak its customers' confidential information, the Bombay High Court has issued a temporary injunction against unknown defendants from publishing, distributing or disclosing the personal data of HDFC's customers. The Court also directed social media intermediaries including WhatsApp and Telegram to remove access to the unknown defendant's accounts and domain …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

EXPOSED: Schumacher bodyguard's plot to extort £12million by releasing intimate medical photos

Daily Mail

Extraordinary new details of an alleged blackmail plot to extort £12million from the family of Michael Schumacher by a former aide of the F1 legend who threatened to release highly personal photos of him onto the dark web can be revealed for the first time today. Seven times world champion Schumacher, 55, has not been seen in public since a …

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AAP MLA Naresh Balyan arrested in connection with extortion case lodged last year: Delhi Police

Live Mint

Aam Aadmi Party leader Naresh Balyan was arrested by the Delhi Police on Saturday night in connection with an extortion case. The AAP lawmaker was detained by the Delhi Police Crime Branch on Saturday evening for questioning in connection with an extortion case from 2023. “Aam Aadmi Party MLA Naresh Balyan in a conversation with a gangster. The gangster responds …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

BJP accuses AAP of extortion, shares audio clip of alleged MLA-gangster chat

Hindustan Times

The Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday accused the Aam Aadmi Party of extortion, sharing an audio clip in which ruling party MLA Naresh Balyan was purportedly heard instructing a gangster to threaten and extort money from a builder and other individuals. BJP Delhi unit president Virendra Sachdeva and national spokesperson Gaurav Bhatia address a press conference at the party headquarters …

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3 weeks, 2 days ago

‘Dead cockroaches to used condoms…,’ how a man scammed over 300 hotels with 33 items to extort free stays and money?

Live Mint

A Chinese man scammed several hotels by planting ‘dead cockroaches, used condoms’ in the rooms and filing complaints about hygine issues. A South China Morning Post reports that a 21-year-old man, identified as Jiang, used props like cicadas, dead cockroaches, used condoms, and hair to stage hotel scams. He would exploit minor flaws or plant insects, bugs, and hair to …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Man extorted of ₹38K at Ghazibad cafe in online dating scam

Hindustan Times

A 22-year-old student from a private university in Greater Noida was allegedly lured into a café in Ghaziabad’s Raj Nagar District Centre, where he was wrongfully confined and extorted ₹38,000 over snacks, Ghaziabad police said. The Kavi Nagar police registered an FIR and arrested the cafe owner, Rahul Verma, suspecting a scam targeting unsuspecting individuals through online dating platforms, they …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

Fake visa appointment racket posing as VFS Global employees busted, three held for extortion

New Indian Express

NEW DELHI: A fake visa appointment racket was busted by the Crime Branch and three people werearrested who used to extort large sums of money from foreign job seekers, promising them appointment letters and visas to various countries after impersonating as VFS Global employees. ACP Sanjay Bhatia said a case was registered following a complaint by a VFS official in …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Lalita Kumari Guidelines Not Followed Strictly In Punjab, Complaints Kept Pending To Extort Money: HC Directs DGP To Ensure FIRs Are Lodged Without Delay

Live Law

Observing that in majority of the cases the police officials either hold inquiry in every complaint received or keep the complaint pending for several days, "just to extort money from the poor and innocent victims of crimes" in Punjab, the Punjab & Haryana High Court has directed the Director-General of Police to ensure FIRs are registered without delay.The Court noted …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

Indian-origin CEO says ‘thugs’ trying to grab father's property in UP: ‘Cry for help’

Hindustan Times

An Indian-origin entrepreneur in the United States took to social media on Monday to appeal for help, alleging that a group of people were trying to grab his father's property in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. "I'm in the US right now and it's so painful to see my father suffer with thugs trying to take up his property with Police literally …

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1 month ago

Gaetz made history as quickest Cabinet flameout — and left 'a lot of damage': analyst

Raw Story

With his withdrawal from consideration to be Donald Trump's next attorney general, former Rep. Matt Gaetz has made history as the fastest withdrawal of a failed Cabinet nominee in history, wrote Philip Bump for The Washington Post — and managed to do "a lot of damage" in the process without even having commanded the Justice Department. Gaetz, a hardcore Trump …

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1 month ago

2 officials booked for taking ₹15 lakh bribe from sarpanch candidate

Hindustan Times

The Punjab vigilance bureau on Thursday booked two officials, deputed for the panchayat elections last month, for allegedly accepting a bribe of ₹15 lakh. The duo had allegedly taken the bribe from a candidate for the sarpanch post, the bureau said. Gulab Singh, the sub-divisional officer, and Davinder Singh, agricultural sub-inspector, were deployed as the returning officer and assistant returning …

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1 month ago

Thai woman accused of murdering 14 friends with cyanide sentenced to death

The Independent

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Authorities discovered traces of the poison in 32-year-old Siriporn …

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Karnataka man arrested for posing as Lokayukta officer, attempting extortion via WhatsApp

Strict laws for women's welfare, not to threaten, extort husbands: Supreme Court

Women Need To Realise That Beneficial Laws Aren't Means To Threaten, Domineer Or Extort From Their Husbands : Supreme Court

Paul Pogba’s brother sentenced to year in prison in extortion case

AP: StopNCII.org Shields Victims of Loan App Image Abuse

Scammers create fake Facebook profile of President Murmu, target Ranchi resident

People in Madhya Pradesh lost 130 per cent more money due to digital arrest in 2024 compared to 2023

4 operatives of Arsh Dalla gang held for Mohali firing case

Dragons' Den's 'queen of hi-vis' is jailed after she blackmailed ex-aide £6,000 for a reference

Delhi High Court Passes John Doe Order Against Extortion Threat Of Leaking Niva Bupa Insurance Company's Customer Data

Ex-Park Ranger Allegedly Targeted Gay Men In Massive Sexual Assault And Extortion Plot

Judge Mathis faces lawsuit for allegedly threatening to shoot a city worker

Bombay High Court Passes John Doe Order Against Threat Of Leaking HDFC Life's Customer Data

EXPOSED: Schumacher bodyguard's plot to extort £12million by releasing intimate medical photos

AAP MLA Naresh Balyan arrested in connection with extortion case lodged last year: Delhi Police

BJP accuses AAP of extortion, shares audio clip of alleged MLA-gangster chat

‘Dead cockroaches to used condoms…,’ how a man scammed over 300 hotels with 33 items to extort free stays and money?

Man extorted of ₹38K at Ghazibad cafe in online dating scam

Fake visa appointment racket posing as VFS Global employees busted, three held for extortion

Lalita Kumari Guidelines Not Followed Strictly In Punjab, Complaints Kept Pending To Extort Money: HC Directs DGP To Ensure FIRs Are Lodged Without Delay

Indian-origin CEO says ‘thugs’ trying to grab father's property in UP: ‘Cry for help’

Gaetz made history as quickest Cabinet flameout — and left 'a lot of damage': analyst

2 officials booked for taking ₹15 lakh bribe from sarpanch candidate

Thai woman accused of murdering 14 friends with cyanide sentenced to death