2 bank officials, 6 others booked for property fraud
13 years, 1 month ago

2 bank officials, 6 others booked for property fraud

Hindustan Times  

At least eight people, including two bank officials, have been booked in a Rs44-lakh property fraud case. The case was lodged after the city police's economic offence wing probed the registration of a sale deed of a 200 sq yard plot in the name of Dharmendra Sharma and his wife Anu. The couple, residents of Adarsh Nagar in Gurgaon, prepared fake documents to get a loan of Rs44 lakh from the Sector 4 branch of the Allahabad Bank with the help of its loan officer Mahavir Singh and assistant general manager Surya Narayan Shah, the police said. The police are now looking for another witness Sanjay Joon, the woman, and advocate Manish who helped them in forging electricity bills and other documents required for the sanctioning of bank loan.

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Mohali: Dhakoli couple, two others booked in ₹35-lakh cheating case
22 hours, 56 minutes ago

Mohali: Dhakoli couple, two others booked in ₹35-lakh cheating case

Hindustan Times  

A Dhakoli resident was duped of ₹35.11 lakh by four individuals, including a couple, under the guise of lucrative returns in an import business, police said. A first information report under sections related to cheating and criminal breach of trust was registered at Sector 20 police station. The couple talked him into investing money with them on promises of high …

Two men from Delhi arrested for conning Hyderabad businessman of ₹9.5 lakh
5 days, 11 hours ago

Two men from Delhi arrested for conning Hyderabad businessman of ₹9.5 lakh

The Hindu  

Two men from Delhi were arrested by the cybercrime wing of Hyderabad police for defrauding a Hyderabad–based businessman of ₹9.5 lakh in a business and investment scam. Investigation revealed that the fraudsters primarily operated by reaching out to victims through social media platforms and direct calls, pretending to offer guidance on business expansion, trading, and securing international orders. They convinced …

Nine arrested for fraudulently selling ₹12cr plot in Noida
1 month, 1 week ago

Nine arrested for fraudulently selling ₹12cr plot in Noida

Hindustan Times  

A gang of nine people was arrested by Noida Police on Wednesday for allegedly falsifying ownership documents and attempting to sell a 375-square-metre plot in Sector 55, valued at ₹12 crore, using fake registry papers. When the bank’s representatives sought to inspect the land before issuing the loan, the suspects broke the gate locks, which was captured on CCTV, leading …

Bengaluru man pays ₹1.2 crore for flat in Banashankari, finds out it's sold to several owners: Report
2 months, 1 week 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. …

Ludhiana man loses over ₹18L to investment fraud
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Ludhiana man loses over ₹18L to investment fraud

Hindustan Times  

A city resident fell victim to a fraud worth over ₹18 lakh after being lured by promises of a 5-lakh dollar investment. The complainant, Sukhbir Singh, 49, of Tagore Nagar, who runs a business involving agricultural residue was struggling with financial losses, was duped by three individuals, including conman Pinder Sodhi and a woman, impersonating as an official of the …

Gangrape, fraud case against UP BJP MLA, 15 others, legislator calls it 'conspiracy'
3 months, 1 week ago

Gangrape, fraud case against UP BJP MLA, 15 others, legislator calls it 'conspiracy'

India Today  

A gangrape and fraud case has been filed against 16 people, including a BJP MLA and his relatives, in Uttar Pradesh's Badaun district after directions from a local court. The case against MLA Harish Shakya from Badaun's Bilsi seat, his brother Satendra Shakya and nephew, and several businessmen was filed under charges of gangrape and fraud worth crores and implicating …

Man Arrested in Jubilee Hills for Fraud and Document Forgery
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Man Arrested in Jubilee Hills for Fraud and Document Forgery

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Jubilee Hills police on Sunday arrested one Kanti for allegedly committing a fraud and forging documents while employed with a private company. The police was acting on a complaint lodged against Kanti in February by Tippala Srija, 32. ministry of corporate affairs without the knowledge of the complainant by forging her signature on a resignation letter. After the …

Woman's Lavish House Grabbed in Ludhiana Property Fraud Case
5 months, 1 week ago

Woman's Lavish House Grabbed in Ludhiana Property Fraud Case

Hindustan Times  

Four individuals have been booked for allegedly grabbing property worth ₹40 crore from a woman in Ludhiana. The accused, including a mother-son duo and their aides, were identified as Harkirat Kaur, Sukhwinder Singh, and Harjit Singh. The woman, Pammi Sidhu, alleged that the accused prepared fake documents and grabbed her property. She and her son are forced to live in …

Four booked for duping over 200 people for a job in London
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Four booked for duping over 200 people for a job in London

Hindustan Times  

Pimpri-Chinchwad police booked four individuals for duping people to the tune of ₹16.14 lakh to get a job, permanent visa and residence in London. The accused Kiritkumar Kanahiyalal Patel, his wife Kajal Pragada, his second wife Shilpaben Patel and his accountant Gajanan Bhaskar Deshpande from Ashti were booked by Chikhali police on Saturday. Police said Shinde and many others in …

Three sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment for land fraud in Chennai
8 months, 4 weeks ago

Three sentenced to three years of rigorous imprisonment for land fraud in Chennai

The Hindu  

A Chennai city court has convicted and sentenced three persons to three years of rigorous imprisonment for selling land belonging to another person without his knowledge, through the use of forged documents. Later in 2009, Chandrasekaran came to know that this plot of land had been sold to another person through forged documents and hence, Chandrasekaran filed a complaint with …

Wave of financial fraud cases hits Chandigarh
9 months ago

Wave of financial fraud cases hits Chandigarh

Hindustan Times  

The city has recorded a spate of financial fraud cases recently, with multiple FIRs being filed across various police stations. Ravi Kumar from Maloya Colony complained that Ashish, Vivek, Vikram and Sumit Chauhan took money from him by falsely promising him a job as a peon in the Chandigarh municipal corporation. Praween Kumar, chief manager at Indian Bank, Sector 17-B, …

₹400 crore fraud: Police arrest one of four suspects
9 months, 1 week ago

₹400 crore fraud: Police arrest one of four suspects

Hindustan Times  

Even as the prime accused in a fraud worth ₹400 crore committed by a Prayagraj-based real estate firm were on the run, police have made their first arrest as part of their ongoing investigation. ₹ 400 crore fraud: Police arrest one of four suspects On Sunday night, Shivkuti police arrested Nirupama Mishra, the mother-in-law of the managing director Niharika Ventures’, …

Chanidgarh businessman duped of ₹81 lakh in Himachal land fraud
9 months, 1 week ago

Chanidgarh businessman duped of ₹81 lakh in Himachal land fraud

Hindustan Times  

Five persons have been booked for allegedly defrauding a city-based businessman of ₹81 lakh by falsely presenting themselves as owners of a land parcel in Himachal Pradesh, which he needed for setting up a drug manufacturing unit. Ltd., said the Himachal Pradesh government had come up with a proposal to open a drug park in Una district. The accused Bhupinder …

Woman, aide booked for duping man of ₹50 lakh
9 months, 1 week ago

Woman, aide booked for duping man of ₹50 lakh

Hindustan Times  

The Pune city police have booked two persons, including a woman, from Satara district for allegedly duping a businessman of ₹50 lakh by pretending to be a senior official from the Prime Minister’s Office. The accused have been identified as Kashmira Sandip Pawar and his accomplice Ganesh Gaikwad from Satara. According to the police, the accused woman posing as an …

Tribunal quashes attachment of Praful Patel's Mumbai property in DHFL-Mirchi case
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Tribunal quashes attachment of Praful Patel's Mumbai property in DHFL-Mirchi case

India Today  

In a major relief for NCP leader Praful Patel, an Appellate Tribunal that deals with the Smugglers and Foreign Exchange Manipulators Act quashed the attachment of four floors of a Mumbai building owned by him. The Enforcement Directorate had provisionally attached the floors of Ceejay House in Worli in July 2022, in a money laundering case involving Dewan Housing Finance …

CBI arrests Dheeraj Wadhawan in Rs 34,000 crore DHFL bank fraud investigation
10 months, 2 weeks ago

CBI arrests Dheeraj Wadhawan in Rs 34,000 crore DHFL bank fraud investigation

India TV News  

The Central Bureau of Investigation made a significant breakthrough on Tuesday as it apprehended Dheeraj Wadhawan in connection with the Rs 34,000 crore DHFL bank fraud probe. SEBI's actions In February of this year, the Securities Exchange Board of India took action by ordering the attachment of bank accounts, shares, and mutual fund holdings belonging to former DHFL promoters Dheeraj …

CBI Arrests Dheerj Wadhawan In Rs 34,000 Crore DHFL Bank Fraud
10 months, 2 weeks ago

CBI Arrests Dheerj Wadhawan In Rs 34,000 Crore DHFL Bank Fraud

News 18  

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday arrested former DHFL Director Dheeraj Wadhawan in connection with the Rs 34,000 crore DHFL bank fraud. In the meanwhile, Dheeraj Wadhawan got interim bail in a separate matter on medical grounds from the Bombay High Court as he was admitted at the Lilavati Hospital for treatment. The agency in its charge sheet has …

Woman booked for duping Rewari man of ₹1cr in land deal
1 year, 5 months ago

Woman booked for duping Rewari man of ₹1cr in land deal

Hindustan Times  

A woman was booked for allegedly taking ₹1 crore from a Rewari resident after promising to sell him a plot, but later selling the property to another individual, police said on Tuesday. HT Image Police said that the victim, Sukhbir Singh, a resident of Budhpur in Rewari, entered into an agreement with a woman to purchase 2.64 acres of land …

Four arrested in Chennai for cheating property buyers with fake documents
1 year, 8 months ago

Four arrested in Chennai for cheating property buyers with fake documents

The Hindu  

The Thiruvanmiyur police, on Wednesday, arrested four persons for cheating a mechanical engineer and his friend of more than ₹25 lakh with fake land documents. A senior official of the City Police said Nandakumar, who is working as a mechanical engineer at a private company in Bengaluru, along with his friend had planned to purchase a property on East Coast …

Bank fraud case: ED attaches properties worth ₹24.94 cr of Ludhiana-based firm
1 year, 9 months ago

Bank fraud case: ED attaches properties worth ₹24.94 cr of Ludhiana-based firm

Hindustan Times  

Directorate of Enforcement has provisionally attached properties worth ₹24.94 crore of director of Ludhiana-based Pure Milk Products Private Limited Charanjit Singh Bajaj and guarantor Gurdeep Kaur in connection with a bank fraud case. The properties attached include land and building of the firm situated at village Alamgir, Malerkotla Road in Ludhiana and various immovable properties in the name of both …

Patra Chawl case: ED attaches Wadhawans’ 2 Goa properties
1 year, 11 months ago

Patra Chawl case: ED attaches Wadhawans’ 2 Goa properties

Hindustan Times  

The Enforcement Directorate has provisionally attached two land parcels measuring 16,550 square metres in Goa, which are owned by HDIL promoters Rakesh Wadhawan and his son Sarang, as part of its probe into the alleged financial irregularities in redevelopment of Siddharth Nagar also known as Patra Chawl in Goregaon. Mumbai, India - October 18, 2019: Rakesh Wadhawan at ED office, …

2 detained in Hyderabad under PD Act for preparing fake land papers
2 years ago

2 detained in Hyderabad under PD Act for preparing fake land papers

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: In order to protect the landed properties of the general public under the Rachakonda police commissionerate, police commissioner D.S. Chauhan invoked the PD Act on two habitual offenders involved in preparing fake documents and detained them in central prison, Cherlapally on Sunday. The police said that the accused collected certified copies and gave them to another accused Shoukat Ali …

Six involved in forgery of property documents and cheating arrested
2 years, 1 month ago

Six involved in forgery of property documents and cheating arrested

Deccan Chronicle  

HYDERABAD: The Malkajgiri Special Operation Team and Bibinagar Police busted a fake property documentation racket with the arrest of six persons. Police said the gang was involved in land fraud by impersonation and forgery of the sale deed documents and had cheated nine victims by forging fake sale deeds worth Rs 7 lakh. Police said the prime accused Dadi Dharmender …

Unacceptable: Court pulls up probe agency over delay in case against Sanjay Raut
2 years, 2 months ago

Unacceptable: Court pulls up probe agency over delay in case against Sanjay Raut

India Today  

A special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act on Tuesday came down like a ton of bricks on the Enforcement Directorate for failing to complete the procedure required for the trial to begin against Shiv Sena leader Sanjay Raut and others in the Patra Chawl case. The Housing Development and Infrastructure Ltd promoters Rakesh and Sarang Wadhwan, Sanjay …

Woman held for duping elderly man of ₹60 lakh on pretext of selling plot
2 years, 3 months ago

Woman held for duping elderly man of ₹60 lakh on pretext of selling plot

Hindustan Times  

Gurugram: Several people were booked for allegedly cheating ₹60 lakh from an elderly city resident on the pretext of selling him a plot at a prime location after advertising about it on a prominent website dealing in real estate, police said on Wednesday. Woman held for duping elderly man of ₹ 60 lakh on pretext of selling plot According to …

4 floors of Praful Patel-owned Mumbai building attached by ED in money laundering case | Exclusive
2 years, 8 months ago

4 floors of Praful Patel-owned Mumbai building attached by ED in money laundering case | Exclusive

India Today  

Four floors of a commercial building in Worli, owned by former Aviation minister and Nationalist Congress Party leader Praful Patel, have been attached by the Enforcement Directorate in connection with a money laundering case involving Iqbal Mirchi, a close aide of gangster Dawood Ibrahim. A firm owned by Patel and his family had developed Ceejay House on a plot where …

Why It’s Important to Look at Reasons Behind Summoning Sanjay Raut in Money Laundering Case Than Blaming ED
2 years, 9 months ago

Why It’s Important to Look at Reasons Behind Summoning Sanjay Raut in Money Laundering Case Than Blaming ED

News 18  

Two scams took place in Maharashtra: The PMC Bank scam where Rs 6,500 crore disappeared and Patra Chawl land scam of Rs 1,034 crore. The ED has filed a money laundering case to probe the alleged loan fraud in the PMC Bank in October 2019 against HDIL, its promoters Rakesh Kumar Wadhawan, his son Sarang Wadhawan, its former chairman Waryam …

CBI books DHFL's Kapil, Dheeraj Wadhawan, others in India's biggest bank fraud of Rs 34,615 crore
2 years, 9 months ago

CBI books DHFL's Kapil, Dheeraj Wadhawan, others in India's biggest bank fraud of Rs 34,615 crore

India Today  

The Central Bureau of Investigation is conducting searches in Maharashtra at 12 locations at premises linked to DHFL, its promoters Kapil Wadhawan, Dheeraj Wadhawan, businessman Sudhakar Shetty and others in connection with a Rs 34,614 crore bank fraud case. According to the FIR, Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited, its then Chief Managing Director Kapil Wadhawan, then Director Dheeraj Wadhawan, businessman …

CBI Books DHFL's Kapil, Dheeraj Wadhawan in Rs 34,000-Cr Bank Fraud Case
2 years, 9 months ago

CBI Books DHFL's Kapil, Dheeraj Wadhawan in Rs 34,000-Cr Bank Fraud Case

News 18  

The Central Bureau of Investigation, or CBI has filed a new case against DHFL promoters Kapil Wadhawan and Dheeraj Wadhawan, officials said on Wednesday, June 22. The case has been registered against the two Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd or DHFL promoters for cheating a consortium of 17 banks led by the Union Bank of India to the tune of …

Housing Scheme Scam: Three Arrested for Cheating Bank of Rs 6 Crore in Gujarat
2 years, 11 months ago

Housing Scheme Scam: Three Arrested for Cheating Bank of Rs 6 Crore in Gujarat

News 18  

A case of cheating India Home Loan Limited, a housing finance company of Rs 6 crore in the name of a housing scheme, has come to light in Gujarat. The Crime Branch registered a case on Tuesday and the mastermind of this scam, Parbat Rabari, the General Manager of the Housing Finance Corporation Rishabh Yagnik and two others have already …

AAP, SP allege corruption in Ayodhya land deal by Ram mandir trust
3 years, 9 months ago

AAP, SP allege corruption in Ayodhya land deal by Ram mandir trust

India Today  

Shriram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust general secretary Champat Rai were on Sunday accused by two opposition leaders of buying a piece of land worth Rs 2 crore at an inflated price of Rs 18.5 crore for the Ram temple premises with help from Trust's member Anil Mishra. The allegation, strongly refuted by Rai, was made by two opposition leaders -- …

Hyderabad: SBI officials found guilty of property fraud
5 years, 2 months ago

Hyderabad: SBI officials found guilty of property fraud

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Supreme Court has found fault with officials of the State Bank of India’s Khairatabad branch for resorting to fraud, suppression of material facts in auctioning a property in Jubilee Hills without possessing legal mortgage rights. A division bench headed by Justice L. Nageshwara Rao was dealing a special leave petition filed by SBI challenging the direction of the …

FIR registered against Iqbal Mirchi's associate in D-Company properties case
5 years, 5 months ago

FIR registered against Iqbal Mirchi's associate in D-Company properties case

India Today  

Tightening its noose in the multi-crore real estate deals involving fugitive underworld don Dawood Ibrahim's close aide Iqbal Mirchi and his family members, the Chennai Police on Saturday registered a criminal case following a complaint. Earlier in the day, the Enforcement Directorate carried out raids at 14 places, including Dewan Housing Finance Corp Ltd and Sunblink Real Estate Private Limited …

PMC Bank fraud: Praful Patel flew in chartered flights owned by HDIL directors
5 years, 5 months ago

PMC Bank fraud: Praful Patel flew in chartered flights owned by HDIL directors

India Today  

Former aviation minister Praful Patel has come under scanner of Enforcement Directorate for flying in chartered flights belonging to a company owned by HDIL directors, who are key accused in the Punjab and Maharashtra Co-operative Bank fraud. Documents accessed by India Today TV, which are now part of the investigation by ED, indicated that Praful Patel along with his wife …

Sohrabuddin 'fake' encounter case: Two more witnesses turn hostile, taking count to 44
7 years ago

Sohrabuddin 'fake' encounter case: Two more witnesses turn hostile, taking count to 44

Firstpost  

Sheikh and his wife Kausar Bi were allegedly abducted by the Gujarat police’s Anti-Terrorism Squad from Hyderabad on their way to Sangli in Maharashtra in November 2005. Mumbai: Two more witnesses were on Monday declared hostile in the Sohrabuddin Sheikh alleged fake encounter case, taking the number of such witnesses in the case to 44. BJP president Amit Shah, Rajasthan …

After PNB scam, three fresh instances of financial fraud comes to light; CBI files cases
7 years, 1 month ago

After PNB scam, three fresh instances of financial fraud comes to light; CBI files cases

Firstpost  

The CBI registered a case against diamond jewellery exporter Dwarka Das Seth International for an alleged bank loan fraud to the tune of Rs 389.85 crore towards the Oriental Bank of Commerce New Delhi: Three fresh cases of financial fraud have come to light after the Central Bureau of Investigation filed cases against a jeweller, a businessman and a public …

Bank scams: Three fresh cases of financial fraud reported
7 years, 1 month ago

Bank scams: Three fresh cases of financial fraud reported

India TV News  

Three fresh cases of financial fraud have come to light after the CBI filed cases against a jeweller, a businessman and a public servant on complaints by three different banks earlier this week, an official said on Saturday. On Thursday, the Central Bureau of Investigation registered a case against diamond jewellery exporter Dwarka Das Seth International for an alleged bank …

Demonetisation: Policewoman, 5 others dupe businessman of Rs. 36 lakh
8 years, 4 months ago

Demonetisation: Policewoman, 5 others dupe businessman of Rs. 36 lakh

Deccan Chronicle  

Ahmedabad: Six persons, including a lady police constable and a bank employee, allegedly cheated a businessman by promising to exchange his Rs. Manish Patel, who runs transport business at Santej in Gandhinagar district, had approached some persons who promised to exchange Rs. He was then taken to the accused who took his money, promising that it will be exchanged with …

Rs 55-cr runaways: Mohali industrialist, son, daughter booked for fraud
11 years, 6 months ago

Rs 55-cr runaways: Mohali industrialist, son, daughter booked for fraud

Hindustan Times  

The SAS Nagar police on Monday registered a case against a noted industrialist, his son and daughter for committing a multi-crore fraud with fellow industrialists. HT Image Sushil Kumar Sharma and son Ashutosh are suspected to have fled to Canada after defaulting on a bank loan of Rs 22 crore and exploiting the trust of fellow industrialists for another Rs …

Mumbai builder cheated of Rs 46 lakh; two held
11 years, 8 months ago

Mumbai builder cheated of Rs 46 lakh; two held

India TV News  

Mumbai, July 24: Police yesterday claimed to have busted an international gang of fraudsters with the arrest of two persons who allegedly cheated a well-known city builder of Rs 46 lakh. The victim, Musa Ismail Lakdawala, one of the directors of Lakadawala Developers, has been cheated by a gang which has two British nationals among its members, police said.The accused …

Couple held for impersonation as land owners
11 years, 11 months ago

Couple held for impersonation as land owners

The Hindu  

The Cyberabad police on Sunday nabbed a couple for allegedly trying to transfer ownership of 3,050 square yards land in Ghatkesar by impersonating as its owners. Rao had allegedly prepared forged documents of the 3,050 square yards of land owned by K. Srinivas and his sister Anuradha in Ghatkesar. The couple went to the Sub-Registrar office in Ghatkesar two days …

Two fraudsters held for faking property ownership documents
12 years ago

Two fraudsters held for faking property ownership documents

India TV News  

Nashik, Mar 30: The police arrested a 42-year-old professor called Adinath Nagargoje, a resident of Chaitanya Nagar and Vilas Madhukar Pathak yesterday, for allegedly preparing ownership documents of plots and cheating real owners of plots by making false claims, the police said. According to a complaint lodged with the Gangapur Road police station by plot owners Subodh Bhagurkar and Raosaheb …

Sohrabuddin encounter case witnesses arrested in alleged land scam
13 years ago

Sohrabuddin encounter case witnesses arrested in alleged land scam

The Hindu  

Three builders, including two men who are prime witnesses in the 2005 Sohrabuddin Sheikh ‘fake’ encounter case, were arrested in connection with a Rs. Dashrat Patel and Raman Patel, the two witnesses, and their relative, Pankaj Patel, who carry on construction business under the firm-name Popular Builders, were arrested on the basis of a complaint filed in 2010, police said. …

2 bank officials, 6 others booked for property fraud
13 years, 1 month ago

2 bank officials, 6 others booked for property fraud

Hindustan Times  

At least eight people, including two bank officials, have been booked in a Rs 44-lakh property fraud case. The case was lodged after the city police’s economic offence wing probed the registration of a sale deed of a 200 sq yard plot in the name of Dharmendra Sharma and his wife Anu. The couple, residents of Adarsh Nagar in Gurgaon, …

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