Fake ED officials rob Rs 30 lakh in Bollywood-style heist from beedi businessman in Karnataka
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Fake ED officials rob Rs 30 lakh in Bollywood-style heist from beedi businessman in Karnataka

New Indian Express  

In a Bollywood flick Special 26-style heist, six persons impersonating as Enforcement Directorate officials robbed over Rs 30 lakhs from a beedi businessman from Bolanthur near Vittal in Bantwal taluk in Dakshina Kannada on Friday night. Dakshina Kannada Superintendent of Police Yathish N said that six persons introduced themselves as ED officials to Singari beedi owner Sulaiman Haji, who also owns around 80 acres of areca nut farm in and around Bantwal. Later they searched inside the house and confiscated the mobile phones of the house members and found Rs 25 lakh to Rs 30 lakh in the cupboard and told Haji that he is not supposed to keep huge amounts of cash and he would be taken into custody. The accused had also claimed that they had stayed in a lodge in Bantwal from where they asked Haji to collect their seized mobile phones but when the victim went to Bantwal, the accused had already escaped with the money.

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ED conducts searches across four States in SDPI case
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6 days, 22 hours ago

ED conducts searches across four States in SDPI case

The Hindu  

The Enforcement Directorate on Thursday conducted searches across four States in connection with the money-laundering charge allegedly involving the Social Democratic Party of India. Earlier this month, the agency searched 12 locations across 10 States in the case against the banned outfit, the Popular Front of India, days after the arrest of SDPI national president M.K. The ED has alleged …

ED attaches assets worth ₹1.90 lakh in Hyderabad human trafficking rackets operated by Bangladeshi nationals
1 week, 6 days ago

ED attaches assets worth ₹1.90 lakh in Hyderabad human trafficking rackets operated by Bangladeshi nationals

The Hindu  

The Directorate of Enforcement, Hyderabad Zonal Office, has provisionally attached assets worth ₹1.90 lakh in connection with two cases of immoral trafficking rackets operated by Bangladeshi nationals in and around Hyderabad. The Telangana Police had conducted raids at two brothels on the outskirts of Hyderabad, uncovering an organised prostitution and human trafficking syndicate operated by Bangladeshi nationals. The victims, Bangladeshi …

ED raids in Karnataka in gold smuggling case linked to actor Ranya Rao
2 weeks ago

ED raids in Karnataka in gold smuggling case linked to actor Ranya Rao

India Today  

The Enforcement Directorate conducted searches in a dozen locations across Karnataka in connection with its probe into an international gold smuggling case following the arrest of Kannada actor Ranya Rao. Subsequent raids at her Bengaluru residence led to the seizure of gold jewellery worth Rs 2.06 crore and Rs 2.67 crore in cash, bringing the total confiscated assets to Rs …

Delhi Police arrests four men for ₹44.50 lakh 'digital arrest' fraud
2 weeks, 4 days ago

Delhi Police arrests four men for ₹44.50 lakh 'digital arrest' fraud

Hindustan Times  

New Delhi, Delhi Police has arrested four cyber fraudsters for allegedly duping a man of ₹44.50 lakh under the guise of 'digital arrest' by posing as CBI officers, officials said on Sunday. Delhi Police arrests four men for ₹ 44.50 lakh 'digital arrest' fraud The scam came to light when the victim, Virender Kumar Indora, a resident of Mayur Vihar …

Human hair worth Rs 1 crore stolen from Bengaluru godown, police launch manhunt
3 weeks ago

Human hair worth Rs 1 crore stolen from Bengaluru godown, police launch manhunt

India Today  

In a bizarre incident, a gang of thieves stole hair worth Rs 90 lakh to Rs 1 crore from a godown in Bengaluru. The hair, meant for export to China, Burma, and Hong Kong, was stolen by a gang of six, who were caught on CCTV footage arriving in a vehicle on February 28. Investigations are underway to determine whether …

Mandya police unearth job racket; recover forged documents, including one bearing CM’s signature
1 month ago

Mandya police unearth job racket; recover forged documents, including one bearing CM’s signature

The Hindu  

The Mandya district police have unearthed a job racket by arresting a 36-year-old man and recovering from him several documents, including one bearing the forged signature of Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, besides fake appointment orders having the forged signature of the Deputy Commissioner of Mandya. Apart from a fake document bearing Mr. Siddaramaiah’s signature and fake appointment orders for various government …

Two arrested for fake ED ₹20-cr extortion raid at South Delhi farmhouse
1 month ago

Two arrested for fake ED ₹20-cr extortion raid at South Delhi farmhouse

Hindustan Times  

Two men have been arrested in connection with the attempted extortion case of ₹20 crore where seven men allegedly posing as Enforcement Directorate officers, barged into a businessman’s house in DLF Farms, Chhatarpur and threatened to arrest him. The alleged incident happened on October 21 last year, when the accused reached the 56-year-old businessman’s house at 11.15pm. The alleged incident …

Vitla fake ED raid: Kerala assistant sub-inspector (ASI) arrested
1 month, 1 week ago

Vitla fake ED raid: Kerala assistant sub-inspector (ASI) arrested

The Hindu  

Dakshina Kannada police have arrested an assistant sub-inspector of police from Thrissur district in Kerala in connection with a gang cheating a businessman of Vitla ₹30 lakh by posing as Enforcement Directorate officials on January 3, 2025. Police said six persons posing as ED officials entered the house of M. Sulaiman, an agriculturist and a beedi entrepreneur, at Kolnad village …

Three persons held for robbing ₹17 lakh from businessman near Marina beach
1 month, 1 week ago

Three persons held for robbing ₹17 lakh from businessman near Marina beach

The Hindu  

The Marina police on Saturday arrested three suspects who were allegedly involved in robbing ₹17 lakh from a businessman near Marina beach on Kamarajar Salai. The police said S. Mahathir Mohammed, 27, of Royapettah gave ₹17 lakh to his brother Asmath and asked him to deposit it in a bank. When Asmath was taking the money on a bike to …

Yadgir person arrested in Udupi’s ‘digital arrest’ case
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Yadgir person arrested in Udupi’s ‘digital arrest’ case

The Hindu  

The Udupi’s Cyber Economic and Narcotic Crime police have arrested Kiran, 24, a resident of Shahpur in Yadgir district, in connection with the case where Udupi resident was ‘digitally arrested’ and forced to transfer ₹89 lakh. The police also recovered ₹2 lakh, which is part of the amount taken from Udupi resident Kinnar Santosh Kumar. Kumar alleged that a person, …

MUDA scam case: ED names CM Siddaramaiah, wife, officials in investigation
1 month, 3 weeks ago

MUDA scam case: ED names CM Siddaramaiah, wife, officials in investigation

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: CM Siddaramaiah, his wife BM Parvathy, brother-in-law Mallikarjun Swamy, land owner Devaraju and some top officials of MUDA have been named in the ED investigation into a Rs 56 crore land allotment scam. The provisional attachment order issued by the ED on January 17 for 142 sites, mostly belonging to real estate agents, indicts the CM and others as …

Kerala man held for cheating Vitla beedi businessman of ₹30 lakh by posing as ED officials
2 months ago

Kerala man held for cheating Vitla beedi businessman of ₹30 lakh by posing as ED officials

The Hindu  

Dakshina Kannada police have arrested a person from Kollam district in Kerala in a case where six persons cheated a businessman of ₹30 lakh in Vitla, by posing as Enforcement Directorate officials. Six persons had taken away the money from the residence of M. Sulaiman, an agriculturist and a beedi entrepreneur, at Kolnad, under Vitla police station limits on January …

One arrested for cheating senior citizen in ‘digital arrest’ scam
2 months ago

One arrested for cheating senior citizen in ‘digital arrest’ scam

The Hindu  

The Tirupati police arrested a person for cheating a senior citizen in the pretext of ‘digital arrest’ and recovered an amount of ₹24.5 lakh swindled from her. Following this, Chittoor Superintendent of Police and Tirupati SP in-charge Mr. Manikanta Chandolu instructed the cybercrime officials to freeze all the accounts of the accused, while the Central crime team launched a hunt …

Bengaluru: 3 Arrested For Rs 11.8 Cr 'Digital Arrest' Scam; Kingpin Believed To Be In Dubai
2 months ago

Bengaluru: 3 Arrested For Rs 11.8 Cr 'Digital Arrest' Scam; Kingpin Believed To Be In Dubai

ABP News  

The police have arrested three individuals for allegedly defrauding a software engineer of Rs 11.8 crore in a 'digital arrest' scam that took place in November last year. The victim, 39-year-old Vijay Kumar, was reportedly kept in 'digital arrest' for nearly a month, during which he was coerced into transferring the money, as per a report on PTI. The caller …

Bengaluru man pays ₹1.2 crore for flat in Banashankari, finds out it's sold to several owners: Report
2 months ago

Bengaluru man pays ₹1.2 crore for flat in Banashankari, finds out it's sold to several owners: Report

Hindustan Times  

A Bengaluru man has accused three brothers running a real estate firm of duping multiple buyers by selling the same flats to different individuals using forged documents. According to Times of India, the accusation involves six flats in a residential complex, with one of the affected buyers, S Vidyasagar, filing an official complaint that has led to a police investigation. …

Bengaluru techie loses Rs 11 crore to scammers posing as customs, ED officers
2 months, 1 week ago

Bengaluru techie loses Rs 11 crore to scammers posing as customs, ED officers

India Today  

A man working in the tech industry became the latest victim to a cyber scam and lost Rs 11 crore when fraudsters impersonating government officials called him and threatened to arrest him in a money laundering case. According to the police, the accused came to know that the victim, Vijay Kumar, had a market investment worth Rs 50 lakhs that …

MUDA scam case: ED attaches 142 properties worth Rs 300 crore involving Siddaramaiah
2 months, 1 week ago

MUDA scam case: ED attaches 142 properties worth Rs 300 crore involving Siddaramaiah

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: After the Directorate of Enforcement attached 142 immovable properties worth Rs 300 crore on Friday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act in connection with the MUDA case against Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and others, all eyes are now on the Lokayukta report on the alleged MUDA site allotment scam. Under the PC Act, the Lokayukta Police are investigating whether …

ED raids on aide of missing 'crorepati' ex-constable in Bhopal, Gwalior: Sources
2 months, 1 week ago

ED raids on aide of missing 'crorepati' ex-constable in Bhopal, Gwalior: Sources

India Today  

Three weeks after assets worth crores were recovered from the premises of former Madhya Pradesh transport department's 'crorepati' constable, Saurabh Sharma, in income tax department raids, the ED on Friday conducted searches at locations of people associated with him, sources said. Around Rs 14 crore in cash, gold worth over Rs 40 crore, silver worth around Rs 2 crore, several …

Hassan, Bengaluru officials caught red-handed in bribery by Karnataka Lokayukta
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2 months, 2 weeks ago

Hassan, Bengaluru officials caught red-handed in bribery by Karnataka Lokayukta

India Today  

Karnataka’s Hassan City Municipal Commissioner TN Narasimha Murthy was caught red-handed by Lokayukta officials on Thursday while accepting a bribe of Rs 1.5 lakh from a contractor. On January 8, Karnataka Lokayukta officials conducted raids on properties linked to eight government officers accused of amassing assets disproportionate to their known sources of income. The early morning raids targeted high-ranking officials, …

ED raids Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike offices in money laundering case probe
2 months, 2 weeks ago

ED raids Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike offices in money laundering case probe

India TV News  

The Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday conducted raids at half a dozen offices linked to the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike as part of a "comprehensive" money laundering probe against alleged irregularities in the civic body that works for the Greater Bengaluru metropolitan area. The sources said that the federal probe agency had collected a "good number of" documents along with electronic …

6 pose as ED officials to rob bizman of ₹30 lakh
2 months, 3 weeks ago

6 pose as ED officials to rob bizman of ₹30 lakh

Hindustan Times  

A group of six unidentified people posing as Enforcement Directorate officials allegedly robbed ₹30 lakh from the residence of a beedi entrepreneur in Bantwal taluk, Dakshina Kannada district, police said on Sunday. A group of six unidentified people posing as Enforcement Directorate officials allegedly robbed ₹ 30 lakh from the residence of a beedi entrepreneur. Dakshina Kannada district superintendent of …

Nagpur businessman duped of ₹7.63 crore after 35 percent returns promise
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Nagpur businessman duped of ₹7.63 crore after 35 percent returns promise

Hindustan Times  

A businessman in Nagpur lodged a complaint against a couple for cheating him of ₹7.63 crore on the pretext of giving high returns on the investment. Joshi initially received good returns that led him to invest more Jitendra Narhari Joshi alleged that Jayant Gulabrao Supare and his wife Kesari persuaded him to invest in a company promising a 35 per …

Karnataka: Fraudsters posing as ED officials loot ₹30 lakh in fake raid at house
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Karnataka: Fraudsters posing as ED officials loot ₹30 lakh in fake raid at house

Hindustan Times  

A group of six unidentified individuals, posing as officials from the Enforcement Directorate, allegedly raided a house in Bantwal town, Dakshina Kannada district, and fled with nearly ₹30 lakh in cash, along with five mobile phones, police said on Saturday. Efforts are being made to nab the accused, with further investigation currently underway, police said The incident took place on …

ED Raids Online Lottery Trader's Shop, Home in West Bengal
2 months, 3 weeks ago

ED Raids Online Lottery Trader's Shop, Home in West Bengal

Deccan Chronicle  

Berhampore: The Enforcement Directorate raided and searched an online lottery businessman’s shop and house in Murshidabad of West Bengal on Thursday for his suspected links with crypto currency trade and an ongoing fraud in the name of ‘digital arrest’. At around 10 am on Thursday, five ED officers, escorted by armed central paramilitary forces in five cars, reached Barwan. They …

Cops book man for impersonating Reddy aide, swindling ₹10.4 lakh
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Cops book man for impersonating Reddy aide, swindling ₹10.4 lakh

Hindustan Times  

An unidentified person has been booked for allegedly impersonating a close aide of former Andhra Pradesh chief minister Jagan Mohan Reddy and duping a businessman of ₹10.4 lakh, the Banashankari police said on Tuesday. According to the complaint filed by KB Rajesh, the manager of Sangeetha Mobile Private Limited in Banashankari Phase 2, the fraudster claimed to be K Nageshwara …

CBI searches premises of ED official on the run in bribery case
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2 months, 3 weeks ago

CBI searches premises of ED official on the run in bribery case

Hindustan Times  

The Central Bureau of Investigation conducted a search at the residence of an assistant director of the Enforcement Directorate in Shimla, who managed to evade capture during a trap operation on Sunday, officials told PTI. CBI launched a search at the residence of an assistant director of the Enforcement Directorate in Shimla, The officials said that the assistant director and …

Shimla ED official accused of taking bribe searched, Rs 1 crore in cash seized
2 months, 3 weeks ago

Shimla ED official accused of taking bribe searched, Rs 1 crore in cash seized

India Today  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Friday conducted searches at premises linked to an Enforcement Directorate officials in Shimla and recovered Rs 1.14 crore in cash, officials said. The CBI carried out the searches against the accused official at the ED office in the Himachal Pradesh capital as well as his residence and recovered the cash. The accused is an …

Digital arrest scam: 59-year-old Japanese man loses ₹35 lakh to cyber criminals in Bengaluru
3 months ago

Digital arrest scam: 59-year-old Japanese man loses ₹35 lakh to cyber criminals in Bengaluru

Hindustan Times  

A 59-year-old Japanese national working in Bengaluru was reportedly defrauded of ₹35.49 lakh by cyber criminals who threatened him with a fabricated "digital arrest." A Japanese man in Bengaluru lost ₹ 35 lakhs to cyber criminals. Fearing legal consequences, Sasaki complied with their demands and transferred a total of ₹35.49 lakh in multiple payments between December 12 and 14, using …

Bengaluru police chief cautions citizens against fake 'digital arrest' scam
3 months ago

Bengaluru police chief cautions citizens against fake 'digital arrest' scam

India Today  

Bengaluru Police Commissioner B Dayananda warned citizens against a growing cybercrime where fraudsters impersonate government officials and threaten victims with a so-called "digital arrest." The Commissioner advised people to avoid unknown calls or video calls and refrain from sharing personal details like Aadhaar or PAN numbers. He highlighted the 1930 helpline as a resource for tracing and recovering funds lost …

Software engineer in Bengaluru loses Rs 11.8 crore in digital arrest scam
3 months ago

Software engineer in Bengaluru loses Rs 11.8 crore in digital arrest scam

India Today  

A 39-year-old software engineer in Bengaluru lost Rs 11.8 crore in a "digital arrest" scam, after fraudsters impersonating police officers falsely accused him of being involved in money laundering. The caller alleged that his SIM card, linked to his Aadhaar card, had been used for illegal Soon after, the victim received another call from someone pretending to be a police …

Bengaluru businessman duped of ₹5 lakh by cybercriminals posing as fake cops: Report
3 months, 1 week ago

Bengaluru businessman duped of ₹5 lakh by cybercriminals posing as fake cops: Report

Hindustan Times  

Cybercriminals posing as Bengaluru police officers have come up with a new method to defraud citizens by threatening them with fake “digital arrest” warrants. A 49-year-old businessman from JB Nagar recently fell victim to this scam, losing ₹5 lakh after being accused of crimes like human trafficking and money laundering, Times of India reported. To make the claim believable, they …

ED raids residence, office of BJD leader Pramila Mallik's brother Khirod Mallik over Rs 231 crore loan scam
3 months, 1 week ago

ED raids residence, office of BJD leader Pramila Mallik's brother Khirod Mallik over Rs 231 crore loan scam

New Indian Express  

BHUBANESWAR : The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday conducted searches across four locations in Odisha and outside linked to opposition chief whip Pramila Mallik’s late brother Khirod Mallik over the alleged Rs 231 crore bank fraud case. Sources said the central agency conducted simultaneous searches at three locations in Sambalpur and one in New Delhi during the day. Khirod was accused …

ED arrests industrialist Sanjay Sureka in Rs 6,000 crore bank fraud case
3 months, 1 week ago

ED arrests industrialist Sanjay Sureka in Rs 6,000 crore bank fraud case

India Today  

Industrialist Sanjay Sureka, owner of Concast Steel and Power Limited, was arrested by the Enforcement Directorate on Tuesday following extensive raids in Kolkata. The central agency conducted searches at 10 locations linked to Sureka, including his residence in Ballygunge, where jewellery worth Rs 4.5 crore and several foreign-made luxury cars were seized. According to sources, the arrest is part of …

Mohali: Retd teacher tricked into paying ₹80 lakh with fake arrest threats
3 months, 1 week ago

Mohali: Retd teacher tricked into paying ₹80 lakh with fake arrest threats

Hindustan Times  

Cybercriminals posing as officials from the Mumbai cyber-crime branch and the CBI duped a 68-year-old retired school teacher of ₹80 lakh.The scammers used fake FIRs, arrest warrants and threats of court appearances to intimidate her into transferring the money. The caller falsely linked Harbhajan Kaur’s name to a money laundering case involving Jet Airways owner Naresh Goyal and demanded ₹ …

Bengaluru tops digital fraud cases as Karnataka faces ₹109 crore loss in scams
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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengaluru tops digital fraud cases as Karnataka faces ₹109 crore loss in scams

Hindustan Times  

In 2024, residents of Karnataka have been defrauded of ₹109.01 crore through elaborate digital arrest scams, where criminals impersonate government officials to extract money. Karnataka police arrested 27 individuals connected to these operations, though none of the accused from Bengaluru cases have been caught so far. Addressing a question raised by BJP MLC K Prathap Simha Nayak, the minister revealed …

Karnataka Lokayukta raids 10 officials, including BBMP, BESCOM, health departments
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka Lokayukta raids 10 officials, including BBMP, BESCOM, health departments

India Today  

The Lokayukta launched an anti-corruption operation across Karnataka early this morning, raiding residences of 10 government officials in six districts. The raids, conducted in Bengaluru, Bengaluru Rural, Gadag, Kalaburagi, Raichur, and Chitradurga, targeted officials accused of amassing disproportionate assets and misusing their positions. Officials also raided properties belonging to Sunil Kumar, district health officer in Bengaluru Rural, and Nanjundayya, an …

12 arrested for fake ED raid on jeweller in Gujarat, loots gold worth Rs 22.5 lakh
3 months, 3 weeks ago

12 arrested for fake ED raid on jeweller in Gujarat, loots gold worth Rs 22.5 lakh

India Today  

The Gujarat Police arrested 12 people for allegedly impersonating Enforcement Directorate officials and conducting a fake raid at a jeweller's home and shop in Gandhidham, Kutch. The group reportedly stole gold, silver, and cash worth Rs 22.25 lakh during the operation on December 2, the police said. “The investigation involved 10 special teams led by officers from the East Kutch …

Gujarat: Kutch Police arrests a gang looting businessmen by posing as ED officials
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Gujarat: Kutch Police arrests a gang looting businessmen by posing as ED officials

Op India  

In a shocking incident, Kutch East police arrested a gang of 12 people including a woman from Gujarat’s Ahmedabad, Gandhidham, and Bhuj who defrauded a gold dealer by impersonating Enforcement Directorate personnel and robbed his shop. #WATCH | Gujarat | Kutch police busted a gang of fake ED officers in Gandhidham pic.twitter.com/LkSj8PbfiM — ANI December 5, 2024 Upon robbing businessmen …

Cops seize Rs 47 lakh, cryptocurrency worth Rs 1.36 crore
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Cops seize Rs 47 lakh, cryptocurrency worth Rs 1.36 crore

New Indian Express  

HYDERABAD: The Directorate of Enforcement conducted raids between November 28 and 30 across 13 locations, including Hyderabad, and seized unaccounted cash worth Rs 47 lakh and USDT cryptocurrency worth Rs 1.36 crore. The investigation was initiated on two FIRs registered by CBI, Economic Offences Wing, Delhi, concerning Rs 640 crore in cyber fraud money generated through betting, gambling, part time …

3-year jail for food safety officer for taking Rs 5k bribe in Bengaluru
3 months, 3 weeks ago

3-year jail for food safety officer for taking Rs 5k bribe in Bengaluru

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: Accepting a bribe of Rs 5,000 to issue a licence for manufacturing spice powder turned costly for Ullas B Ganganahalli, the then food safety officer, Health and Family Welfare Department, working in the South Zone of BBMP on deputation, with a special court sentencing him to three years of rigorous imprisonment, along with a fine of Rs 1.5 lakh. …

Retired Army officer held under 55-hour 'digital arrest', robbed of Rs 5 lakh
4 months ago

Retired Army officer held under 55-hour 'digital arrest', robbed of Rs 5 lakh

India Today  

A retired Army officer in Haryana's Faridabad has fallen prey to cyber fraud through 'digital arrest' and has been duped of Rs 5 lakh, police said on Wednesday. Retired Army officer Aditya Jha was held under a 55-hour digital arrest by the fraudsters and was even called to Bihar's Madhubani to transfer the money as demanded. According to the complaint, …

Jaipur man, 72, defrauded of Rs 8 lakh in hour-long digital arrest scam
4 months ago

Jaipur man, 72, defrauded of Rs 8 lakh in hour-long digital arrest scam

India Today  

An elderly man in Rajasthan's Jaipur was extorted nearly Rs 8 lakh after being held in a virtual digital arrest by cybercriminals for over an hour. The incident took place on November 15, when the 72-year-old resident of Bajaj Nagar received a video call from an individual claiming to be a senior police officer. The caller alleged that a money …

Karnataka man loses ₹1.7 crore to fraudsters posing as CBI, TRAI officials: Report
4 months ago

Karnataka man loses ₹1.7 crore to fraudsters posing as CBI, TRAI officials: Report

Hindustan Times  

A Karnataka resident lost ₹1.7 crore in an elaborate online scam where fraudsters posed as officials from the Central Bureau of Investigation and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, Deccan Herald reported. Police have registered a case and launched an investigation into the fraud As per the report, the ordeal began on November 11 when the victim received a call from …

Digital arrest: Man from Assam held for swindling Rs 92 lakh
4 months, 1 week ago

Digital arrest: Man from Assam held for swindling Rs 92 lakh

New Indian Express  

CHENNAI: A 38-year-old man from Assam was arrested by the cyber crime wing of the Central Crime Branch Chennai on charges of swindling Rs 92 lakh from a central government employee in a digital arrest scam. The caller claimed that the victim’s Aadhaar-linked mobile number was involved in money laundering and an arrest warrant was issued against him. The police …

Maharashtra bitcoin scam: CBI files case against Amit Bhardwaj and Ajay Bhardwaj amid ED raids in Raipur
4 months, 1 week ago

Maharashtra bitcoin scam: CBI files case against Amit Bhardwaj and Ajay Bhardwaj amid ED raids in Raipur

India TV News  

Maharashtra bitcoin scam: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday filed a case against Amit Bhardwaj and Ajay Bhardwaj - accused in the Bitcoin Sam case. The matter took centerstage after former IPS officer from Pune Ravindranath Patil made an allegation against Sule and Patole over their alleged role in misappropriately using bitcoins from a 2018 cryptocurrency fraud case to …

Person Arrested in Chandrayangutta for Stealing Property Worth Rs 1.45 Lakh
4 months, 1 week ago

Person Arrested in Chandrayangutta for Stealing Property Worth Rs 1.45 Lakh

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Kalapathar police on Friday arrested one Mohammed Noorullah Hussain of Chandrayangutta for allegedly breaking into a house and stealing property worth Rs 1.45 lakh on November 14. Man Arrested for Stealing Valuables from Four Houses, Property Worth Rs 10 Lakh Recovered Hyderabad: The Karkhana police on Saturday said that they had arrested Yerpula Galva Kalyan Kumar, 30, of …

Karnataka HC quashes proceedings against two ED officials
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Karnataka HC quashes proceedings against two ED officials

New Indian Express  

BENGALURU: The High Court of Karnataka on Friday quashed proceedings initiated against Deputy Director Manoj Mittal and Assistant Director Murali Kannan of the Enforcement Directorate based on a police complaint filed by B Kallesh, Additional Director, Social Welfare Department, accusing them of forcing him to name CM Siddaramaiah and others in the Karnataka Maharshi Valmiki Scheduled Tribes Development Corporation scam. …

Fake ED Officials Raid DLF Farms Resident, Attempt to Extort ₹5 Crore
5 months ago

Fake ED Officials Raid DLF Farms Resident, Attempt to Extort ₹5 Crore

The Hindu  

Fake ED officials attempted to extort ₹5 crore from a farmstay resident on the pretext of a raid. Seven men posing as ED officials entered the Ashoka Avenue premises in the Chhattarpur’s DLF Farms claiming that they were conducting a search. They entered the house of the victim and asked him why he was withdrawing cash regularly from his bank …

Three Arrested for Attempting to Siphon Off ₹5 Lakh
5 months ago

Three Arrested for Attempting to Siphon Off ₹5 Lakh

The Hindu  

Three individuals were arrested for attempting to siphon off ₹5 lakh. One of the individuals, Samuel, was employed by a firm to load cash into ATMs, while the other two were private security men. Only ₹10 lakh was found in a cash bag containing ₹15 lakh, suggesting that the rest of the money was lost.

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