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4 days, 23 hours ago

How Dominique Pelicot orchestrated horrendous crime that shocked the entire world

Dominique Pelicot, the accused sex offender behind dark web of crimes, is making headlines after his modus operandi came to light. Police' chance encounter following Dominique Pelicot's arrest in September 2020 for filming female customers lead to a deeper and tragic discovery of 'horrendous crime' that shocked the entire world. Dominique Pelicot's modus operandi According to Dominique Pelicot's account, he …

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1 week, 1 day ago

Mushtaq Khan's Kidnappers Wanted To Kidnap Shakti Kapoor After Inviting Him To Meerut. This Is Why They Couldn't

ABP News

The gang that kidnapped 'Welcome' actor Mushtaq Mohammad Khan after inviting him to an "event" in Meerut wanted to kidnap actor Shakti Kapoor too by following the same modus operandi, police have said. The following morning, Mushtaq Khan managed to escape and reached a mosque in Mohalla Chahshiri, where locals contacted his family and helped him return home," PTI reported …

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1 week, 2 days ago

Telangana Police busts fake currency racket in Kamareddy, arrests six accused

India TV News

In a major success, Telangana Police busted a fake currency racket and arrested six people in connection with the case in the Koyya Gutta area under the Banswada Town police station limits of the Kamareddy district, officials said on Saturday. According to the police, the arrested accused have been identified as Kadapatri Rajagopal Rao, Hussain Peera, Kolavar Kiran Kumar, Kesrole …

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Myntra Loses Over Rs 50 Crore Nationwide In 'Refund Scam': Know How Scammers Operate

ABP News

In a sophisticated refund scam, Flipkart-owned fashion website Myntra has lost millions of rupees after fraudsters exploited the company's customer-friendly refund policies. During this modus operandi, fraudsters place bulk items for high-value items like branded shoes, accessories, and apparel from E-commerce platforms. One of those E-commerce platforms, Myntra, provides customers with an option on its app to lodge complaints and …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Digital arrest scam: IT professional kept under ‘digital arrest’ for over a week in Coonoor, defrauded of ₹16 lakhs

The Hindu

Scammers pretending to be cyber crime police defrauded an IT professional in Coonoor of ₹16 lakhs in cash, falsely stating that she had been under ‘digital arrest’, and not allowing her to leave her home for over a week, the police have said. A few minutes later, the woman received a call on a video calling application from people claiming …

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1 week, 5 days ago

Actor Mushtaq Khan escapes gunpoint abduction, 2 detained

Hindustan Times

Veteran actor Mushtaq Mohammad Khan narrowly escaped a harrowing kidnapping and extortion plot, raising concerns about the safety of performers across the country. The gang extorted ₹ 2 lakh from Mushtaq’s account The perpetrators, posing as an event management company, targeted Khan by inviting him to perform at an event honouring senior citizens in Bijnor. While he did not initially …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Peon arrested for embezzling Rs 10 crore, had purchased lands from ill-gotten money

India Today

Six people, including a peon, were arrested in Madhya Pradesh for allegedly embezzling Rs 10 crore and using a part of the amount to buy lands, police said. It all started four months ago when the prime accused, Brijendra Das Namdev, a peon working for the Madhya Pradesh Seed Certification Agency, in connivance with others, had taken a fixed deposit …

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2 weeks, 2 days ago

'Sodium nitrite' killer ‘tantrik’ murdered 12 in Gujarat: Police

Hindustan Times

The Gujarat police said on Sunday that a ‘tantrik’, who was arrested earlier this month for allegedly plotting to kill a man in Ahmedabad, passed away in custody. The police said the accused carried out the murders by making his victims consume sodium nitrite dissolved in water. "Around 10 am on Sunday, Chavda fell ill and was rushed to the …

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

Ghaziabad: Man concocts fake childhood kidnapping story to stay with different families; arrested

Hindustan Times

When 40-year-old Indra Raj Meghwal “returned home” to Ghaziabad’s Khoda on November 24 as “Raju”, a seven-year-old who was kidnapped from there some 30 years ago, Raju’s family could not contain their happiness on seeing their “long lost son”. The would seek police help in locating his family and when families who lost their child would turn up to see …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Hyderabad's dark underbelly: Shady 'Sheikh marriages'

India Today

Amidst the bustling streets near Hyderabad's iconic Charminar and the aroma of Hyderabadi biryani thrives a clandestine business where young girls, under the guise of nikah, are sold to wealthy Sheikhs from Gulf countries. The concept, historically known as Mutah marriages, involved wealthy Gulf nationals seeking short-term marital arrangements when they used to travel long distances for businesses or for …

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2 weeks, 6 days ago

Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Has One Major Vulnerability

Slate

Donald Trump campaigned on a promise of mass deportations beginning on the first day of his presidency, and from every indication, he intends to make good on it. If Trump’s public statements and the actions of his first administration are any guide, the new administration appears poised to expand detention facilities, attempt to reinstitute family separations, end programs like temporary …

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3 weeks ago

Man cheats 500 single people using fake matrimonial sites: Modus operandi revealed

India Today

A man from Chhattisgarh's Bilaspur has been arrested by the Bhopal Cybercrime Branch for masterminding a sophisticated matrimonial scam that defrauded nearly 500 people across India. The accused, a 12th-pass individual, created and operated six fake matrimonial websites, tricking unsuspecting singles into paying hefty sums in the name of marriage arrangements. The scam relied on elaborate deceit, including websites with …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

SC halted trial court proceedings in Sambhal Jama Masjid case

Op India

On 29th November, the Supreme Court of India directed the Sambhal District Court to halt proceedings in the case involving the Shahi Jama Masjid in Chandausi. The bench, comprising Chief Justice of India Sanjiv Khanna and Justice Sanjay Kumar, passed the order while hearing the petition filed by the Mosque Committee challenging the survey ordered by the Trial Court. TC …

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3 weeks, 4 days ago

Two online cyber fraud cases reported in city

Hindustan Times

PUNE Two cases of online cyber fraud were lodged in the city on Thursday, said police. Two online cyber fraud cases reported in city A 28-year-old youth from Baner was defrauded of ₹10 lakh in a parcel fraud case and a case was lodged on November 27. In the first case, the victim received a call from Skype ID where …

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3 weeks, 5 days ago

India lost over ₹11,000 crore to cyber scams in first 9 months of 2024: Report

Hindustan Times

India has endured a loss of around ₹11,333 crore to cyber scams in the first nine months of 2024, said a recent report. Stock trading frauds caused the maximum amount of loss, ₹ 4,636 crore from over 2 lakh complaints. Meanwhile, cases of digital arrests, which authorities have seen an uptick in, caused a loss of ₹1,616 crore from around …

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3 weeks, 6 days ago

CA duped of ₹22 lakhs in online share trading scam

Hindustan Times

MUMBAI: The North cyber police on Monday registered a case against unknown persons after a 52-year-old chartered accountant complained of being scammed into paying ₹22 lakh by cyber frauds who used the online share market investment modus to lure him. CA duped of ₹ 22 lakhs in online share trading scam According to the police, the victim, Ketan Solanki, was …

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4 weeks ago

Telangana: Fraudsters Use Central Schemes to Dupe People

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Cyberfraudsters have adopted a modus operandi to cheat gullible people using the Central government schemes related to health, loans and employment generation. According to a police officer, “Scammers often use tactics such as asking victims to pay some money to access benefits under these government schemes. Once they run the APK file, it downloads malware which snaps away the …

1 month ago

Kerala sees rise in thefts by other-state gangs

New Indian Express

KOCHI/TIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Amid heightened apprehension that organised gangs from neighbouring states, that specialise in heists, are lying low in the state, awaiting a chance to strike, police data reveals that such incidents involving non-Keralites have been witnessing a steady rise. As many as 1,378 theft cases involving non-Keralites were registered in the last 45 months and there has been an increase …

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1 month, 1 week ago

NCB Kolkata arrests smuggler in Phensedyl case

Deccan Chronicle

The Narcotics Control Bureau Kolkata arrested a notorious drug trafficker with a history of gold smuggling wanted in a seizure of a huge quantity of bottles of Codeine Based Cough Syrups, officials said on Saturday. As per a release, in one of the most challenging anti-drug operations regarding interception of illicit trafficking of Codeine Based Cough Syrups destined to Bangladesh, …

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1 month, 1 week ago

From hotels to movies, Sadiq’s ‘business of laundering money’

New Indian Express

CHENNAI: The black money earned through alleged international drug trafficking was invested by Jaffer Sadiq in 21 different businesses in Tamil Nadu --- including sale of iron and steel scrap, fresh seafood, imported dates and perfume, running indoor sports facilities, restaurants and producing Tamil films — for money laundering, investigation by the Enforcement Directorate shows. The businesses were also used …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Indian-Australian actor's iPhone snatched while walking with friend in Mumbai

India Today

The Mumbai Police arrested two suspects involved in the snatching of a high-end iPhone 15 Pro and other belongings from Indian-Australian actor Amy Aela Koller. Authorities recovered the stolen iPhone 15 Pro, valued at approximately Rs 80,000, along with a Samsung Note 4 worth around Rs 70,000 and a scooter used in their crimes. "The two accused have been involved …

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1 month, 1 week ago

How social engineering scamsters have weaponized fear of the CBI, ED to defraud victims

Live Mint

Oswal’s ordeal began on the afternoon of 27 August, with an innocuous phone call. Subsequent calls from people posing as CBI or Enforcement Directorate officials accuse them of involvement in a money laundering or narcotics case, and once the victims are on the defensive, place them in “digital custody". “Cyber frauds have risen because fraudsters have cracked the social engineering …

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1 month, 1 week ago

Woman buying vegetables in Kharar market loses gold chain to snatchers

Hindustan Times

In the second such case within a week, two scooter-borne men snatched a woman’s gold chain in Gillco Valley, Kharar, on Saturday. According to the victim, her chain, along with the pendant, weighed around 1.5 tola, costing around ₹ 1.2 lakh. According to the victim, her chain, along with the pendant, weighed around 1.5 tola, costing approximately ₹1.2 lakh. In …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Telangana cops arrest UP native in Delhi for human trafficking

New Indian Express

HYDERABAD: Sleuths of Telangana Cyber Security Bureau arrested Sadakat Khan, a Uttar Pradesh native at the Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi on November 2, on charges of sending people to Cambodia where they were forced to commit cybercrimes. The TGCSB on Friday said that they have now arrested a total of four persons in connection with the case that came …

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How Dominique Pelicot orchestrated horrendous crime that shocked the entire world

Mushtaq Khan's Kidnappers Wanted To Kidnap Shakti Kapoor After Inviting Him To Meerut. This Is Why They Couldn't

Telangana Police busts fake currency racket in Kamareddy, arrests six accused

Myntra Loses Over Rs 50 Crore Nationwide In 'Refund Scam': Know How Scammers Operate

Digital arrest scam: IT professional kept under ‘digital arrest’ for over a week in Coonoor, defrauded of ₹16 lakhs

Actor Mushtaq Khan escapes gunpoint abduction, 2 detained

Peon arrested for embezzling Rs 10 crore, had purchased lands from ill-gotten money

'Sodium nitrite' killer ‘tantrik’ murdered 12 in Gujarat: Police

Ghaziabad: Man concocts fake childhood kidnapping story to stay with different families; arrested

Hyderabad's dark underbelly: Shady 'Sheikh marriages'

Trump’s Mass Deportation Plan Has One Major Vulnerability

Man cheats 500 single people using fake matrimonial sites: Modus operandi revealed

SC halted trial court proceedings in Sambhal Jama Masjid case

Two online cyber fraud cases reported in city

India lost over ₹11,000 crore to cyber scams in first 9 months of 2024: Report

CA duped of ₹22 lakhs in online share trading scam

Telangana: Fraudsters Use Central Schemes to Dupe People

Kerala sees rise in thefts by other-state gangs

NCB Kolkata arrests smuggler in Phensedyl case

From hotels to movies, Sadiq’s ‘business of laundering money’

Indian-Australian actor's iPhone snatched while walking with friend in Mumbai

How social engineering scamsters have weaponized fear of the CBI, ED to defraud victims

Woman buying vegetables in Kharar market loses gold chain to snatchers

Telangana cops arrest UP native in Delhi for human trafficking