Trio booked for duping retired army jawan of ₹22 lakh
9 months, 2 weeks ago

Trio booked for duping retired army jawan of ₹22 lakh

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The police on Thursday booked three persons, including a woman, for allegedly cheating a former Indian Army jawan of ₹22 lakh by promising him a MHADA flat. Trio booked for duping retired army jawan of ₹ 22 lakh According to the complainant, Pravin Madhukar Pavaskar, 39, who works in a five-star hotel in Mumbai, after completing his term in the Indian Army in 2017, he had received retiral dues of ₹37 lakh in terms of provident fund and gratuity, which he wanted to invest in a flat in Mumbai. “The accused had taken the keys of the flat and showed it to Pavaskar,” said a police officer from Samta Nagar police station. “We have booked the three and are verifying all the transactions done by Pavaskar to the accounts of the accused,” said a police officer from Samta Nagar police station.

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Chandigarh: Sector-24 resident duped of ₹40,000 in job fraud
1 week, 5 days ago

Chandigarh: Sector-24 resident duped of ₹40,000 in job fraud

Hindustan Times  

A resident of Sector 24 was duped of ₹40,000 in a scam involving fake promises of employment at the Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. The complaint was filed online on the ICMS portal before July, and a case was registered on Tuesday under Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code at the Sector 17 police station in …

Maharashtra news: Senior citizen from Thane duped of ₹3.57 crore. Here’s what happened
3 weeks, 5 days ago

Maharashtra news: Senior citizen from Thane duped of ₹3.57 crore. Here’s what happened

Live Mint  

In a shocking incident, a 74-year-old retired bank worker in Maharashtra's Thane was duped of ₹3.57 crore. The imposter threatened the victim and made him transfer a sum of ₹3.57 crore into different bank accounts, the official from Central police station said, as quoted by PTI. Digital arrest fraud in Mumbai In another such incident, a 77-year-old woman from Mumbai …

Disha Patani's father duped of ₹25 lakh; FIR filed
1 month, 1 week ago

Disha Patani's father duped of ₹25 lakh; FIR filed

The Hindu  

Jagdish Singh Patani, retired deputy SP and father of Bollywood actor Disha Patani, was allegedly defrauded of ₹25 lakh by a group of five individuals who promised him a high-ranking position in a government commission, police here said on Friday. Sharma said, "A case has been registered against Shivendra Pratap Singh, Diwakar Garg, Acharya Jayaprakash from Juna Akhara, Preeti Garg, …

Cyber Criminals Target Army Officer, Siphon ₹2 Crore in 'Digital Arrest'
2 months, 1 week ago

Cyber Criminals Target Army Officer, Siphon ₹2 Crore in 'Digital Arrest'

Hindustan Times  

Three men have been arrested for duping an army officer of ₹2 crore through a digital arrest. The suspects, including a retired Major General, used bank accounts of students from other states to transfer the money. The army officer was kept under digital arrest for five days before being released and realizing that his money had been siphoned off. The …

Retired naval officer duped of ₹46 lakh in investment fraud
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Retired naval officer duped of ₹46 lakh in investment fraud

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: The Bhandup police have booked a man for allegedly duping a 54-year-old retired Navy officer of ₹46 lakh by promising he would invest the money in buying private four wheelers and reap huge profits by renting out the vehicles in Mumbai and Hyderabad. Having retired from the Navy as a scientific officer a few years ago, he came across …

Couple Booked for Duping Family of Over Rs 3 Cr on Pretext of Providing Education, Jobs Abroad
5 months ago

Couple Booked for Duping Family of Over Rs 3 Cr on Pretext of Providing Education, Jobs Abroad

Deccan Chronicle  

Thane: Police have registered a case against a couple who owns a firm based at Uran in Maharashtra's Raigad district for allegedly cheating a doctor and his family of more than Rs 3 crore on the promise of helping them in overseas education and jobs, an official said on Tuesday. The firm - Livi Overseas Study Pvt Ltd - claims …

Four booked for duping over 200 people for a job in London
5 months, 1 week 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 …

Woman, aide booked for duping man of ₹50 lakh
6 months 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 …

Assured Rs 10 crore, man duped of Rs 5 lakh in Tamil Nadu
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Assured Rs 10 crore, man duped of Rs 5 lakh in Tamil Nadu

New Indian Express  

THOOTHUKUDI: Two persons were arrested by the Thoothukudi cyber crime police for allegedly duping a youth of Rs 4.88 lakh after promising to offer a sum of `10 crore, if the latter converted to Christianity from Hinduism. As per police investigation, neither of the accused individuals belong to Christianity, rather used religious conversion as a tool to dupe the public. …

Ludhiana: 2 travel agents booked for man of over ₹7 lakh
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Ludhiana: 2 travel agents booked for man of over ₹7 lakh

Hindustan Times  

The Meharban police booked two men for duping a city resident ₹7.81 lakh on the pretext of sending his son abroad and arranging a work permit for him. The accused have been identified as Darpan Garg, of Harcharan Nagar, Samrala Road, and Mandeep Singh Gill of Phullanwal Chowk. The complainant, Mahinder Singh, a resident of Raju Colony of Tibba Road, …

Odisha: Fraudster held for duping man of Rs 10L
8 months, 3 weeks ago

Odisha: Fraudster held for duping man of Rs 10L

New Indian Express  

CUTTACK: Mangalabag police on Saturday arrested a person for his alleged involvement in duping a man of Rs 10 lakh by giving him counterfeit notes. Additional DCP Anil Mishra said police began investigation after Manash Barik of Rausapatana lodged a complaint on August 2 last year alleging he was duped of Rs 10 lakh by one Saroj Jena and his …

Ex-corporator’s sons booked for trying to extort ₹75 lakh from businessman
1 year ago

Ex-corporator’s sons booked for trying to extort ₹75 lakh from businessman

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Two sons of a former municipal councilor of Vasai-Virar were booked on Thursday for allegedly threatening a businessman from Kandivali and demanding an extortion sum of ₹75 lakh to hand over his flat to him. HT Image According to the police, the complainant, Vishnu Basudev Bajaj, 55, a resident of Charkop in Kandivali, had rented the flat in Pawan …

Man extorted ₹40k, 4k Thai Bahts by trans person pretending to be woman
1 year ago

Man extorted ₹40k, 4k Thai Bahts by trans person pretending to be woman

Hindustan Times  

A Surat man who was in Bengaluru for vacation, was allegedly extorted by a trans-person after offering a sexual favour to him, reported The Times of India. Man extorted ₹ 40k, 4k Thai Bahts by trans person pretending to be woman According to the report, the 61-year-old retired government officer from Surat arrived in Bengaluru for a trip and had …

ACB recovers ₹72 lakh from HAFED GM’s Panchkula residence
1 year ago

ACB recovers ₹72 lakh from HAFED GM’s Panchkula residence

Hindustan Times  

A day after the anti-corruption bureau, Karnal unit, arrested three officials of HAFED posted at Taraori in a graft case and recovered ₹12.52 lakh from them, the team seized a sum of ₹72 lakh from a property of general manager on Saturday. ACB officials said that on Friday, GM Pradeep was caught red-handed while accepting ₹3.5 lakh bribe, and a …

Woman booked for duping Rewari man of ₹1cr in land deal
1 year, 1 month 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 …

Delhi man held for duping UT resident of ₹7.2 lakh
1 year, 2 months ago

Delhi man held for duping UT resident of ₹7.2 lakh

Hindustan Times  

City cyber police on Friday arrested a Delhi resident for duping a local resident of ₹7.27 lakh by promising him hefty returns in lieu of investing in a trading company. The complainant Parmod Kumar of Chandigarh told police that last year the accused called him pretending to be owner of a trading company and lured him into making an investment …

Ludhiana: Finance firm staffer, wife booked for duping man of ₹23.3 lakh
1 year, 2 months ago

Ludhiana: Finance firm staffer, wife booked for duping man of ₹23.3 lakh

Hindustan Times  

The Division number 4 police booked the employee of a finance company and his wife for duping a Chhawani Mohalla resident of ₹23.34 lakh in cash on the pretext of collecting loan instalment. Finance firm staffer, wife booked for duping man of ₹ 23.3 lakh in Ludhiana. The complainant stated that he had availed a house loan of ₹25 lakh …

Travel agent nabbed in Shimla for duping woman of ₹13 lakh
1 year, 2 months ago

Travel agent nabbed in Shimla for duping woman of ₹13 lakh

Hindustan Times  

The Pathankot police have apprehended a travel agent from Shimla for allegedly duping a woman of ₹13 lakh. Senior superintendent of police Harkamal Preet Singh Khakh said the arrest is related to a case registered in 2022 on the complaint of one Ashwani Kumar on behalf of his daughter Bhawna. “Ashwani Kumar has outlined a sequence of transactions amounting to …

Teacher duped of ₹41 lakh, promised ‘cheap’ MHADA flat
1 year, 3 months ago

Teacher duped of ₹41 lakh, promised ‘cheap’ MHADA flat

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Four people have been booked for allegedly duping a teacher from Bandra East of ₹41 lakh by promising her an affordable house in the MHADA scheme in Kurla. HT Image According to the complainant, Huda Deshmukh, her husband got acquainted with one of the accused, Salam Khan, who said he had helped people get MHADA flats for cheaper prices …

Jammu and Kashmir: Govt employee chargesheeted for duping man of Rs 3 lakh in Budgam
1 year, 3 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir: Govt employee chargesheeted for duping man of Rs 3 lakh in Budgam

India TV News  

The Crime Branch of Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday filed a chargesheet against a government employee here for allegedly duping a man of Rs 3 lakhs on the pretext of arranging a job for his wife. The 123-page chargesheet was filed against the accused Fayaz Ahmad Bhat, a resident of central Kashmir’s Budgam district, in the court of law …

Couple booked for duping Jind woman of ₹20 lakh
1 year, 4 months ago

Couple booked for duping Jind woman of ₹20 lakh

Hindustan Times  

A couple from Bahadurgarh has been booked for allegedly duping a woman of ₹20 lakh on the pretext of providing a sub-inspector’s job to her relative. A couple from Bahadurgarh has been booked for allegedly duping a woman of ₹ 20 lakh on the pretext of providing a sub-inspector’s job to her relative. In her complaint to the police, Sudesh …

Former MLA Kotbhai booked for duping Pearl Group CMD Bhangoo
1 year, 6 months ago

Former MLA Kotbhai booked for duping Pearl Group CMD Bhangoo

Hindustan Times  

Former Congress MLA Pritam Singh Kotbhai and five of his accomplices were booked in Ludhiana for allegedly duping Pearl Group chief managing director Nirmal Singh Bhangoo and his relative, Shindar Singh, of ₹3.5 crore on the pretext of helping them dispose of cases against him, police said on Saturday. Former Congress MLA Pritam Singh Kotbhai and five of his accomplices …

Delhi man dupes five-star hotel for ₹58 lakh: Here’s how
1 year, 6 months ago

Delhi man dupes five-star hotel for ₹58 lakh: Here’s how

Live Mint  

A five-star hotel in Delhi has recently reported a significant loss of ₹58 lakh as caused due to an alleged collusion between one of their guests and certain hotel staff members. According to the filed First Information Report by Vinod Malhotra, the authorised representative of Bird Airports Hotel Private Limited, Ankush Dutta stayed for an astonishing 603 days without making …

Maharashtra: Latur police make third arrest in embezzlement of ₹23 crore from government accounts
1 year, 6 months ago

Maharashtra: Latur police make third arrest in embezzlement of ₹23 crore from government accounts

The Hindu  

Latur police have arrested an accused in the alleged embezzlement of about ₹23 crore from government accounts, taking the total arrests in the case to three, an official said on May 31. The First Information Report registered at Latur’s MIDC police station named Manoj Phulboyane, a clerk in collector’s office, his brother Arun, Sudhir Devkate, and Chandrakant Gogde. Investigation officer …

Couple dupes farmer of ₹12 lakh on pretext of getting jobs for his sons
1 year, 6 months ago

Couple dupes farmer of ₹12 lakh on pretext of getting jobs for his sons

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: A Latur-based farmer allegedly lost ₹12 lakh to two touts who claimed that they could get the former’s sons jobs in the Indian Railways. HT Image According to the police, not only did the accused couple, identified as Santosh and Ritika Chopade, Nashik residents, call one of the two candidates for a fake interview, they also gave another a …

Chandigarh man loses ₹17 lakh to cyber swindler
1 year, 7 months ago

Chandigarh man loses ₹17 lakh to cyber swindler

Hindustan Times  

An unidentified person has been booked by the Chandigarh’s cyber crime police for allegedly duping a Behlana man of ₹16.91 lakh on the pretext of investing his money, officials said Monday. An unidentified person has been booked by the Chandigarh’s cyber crime police for allegedly duping a Behlana man of ₹ 16.91 lakh on the pretext of investing his money, …

Manager, director of private firm booked for duping Chandigarh man of ₹58 lakh
1 year, 7 months ago

Manager, director of private firm booked for duping Chandigarh man of ₹58 lakh

Hindustan Times  

The Cyber Crime Police on Saturday booked two persons for allegedly duping a Chandigarh resident of ₹58 lakh on the pretext of depositing the processing fee and taxes against sanctioning ₹3.50-crore loan to the complainant. Complainant Krishan Chand Sokhey of Sector 8 C, Chandigarh, in his complaint said that he owns a nursing hostel at Desumajra in Mohali and needed …

Agents offer PAP flats to two women, dupe them of over ₹1cr
1 year, 7 months ago

Agents offer PAP flats to two women, dupe them of over ₹1cr

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: Four real estate agents, including a married couple, have been booked for allegedly duping two women of over ₹1 crore on the pretext of providing them with Project Affected Persons tenements at cheaper rates in Parel, according to Kalachowki police. They came across a real estate agent, Jagdish Palande, who offered to make available, at cheaper rate, a PAP …

Cop dupes policeman, Mantralaya officer of ₹11 lakh on the pretext of delivering cheaper cars
1 year, 8 months ago

Cop dupes policeman, Mantralaya officer of ₹11 lakh on the pretext of delivering cheaper cars

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A police officer was booked for allegedly duping another policeman and an officer from Mantralaya of ₹11 lakh combined on the pretext of providing cars at a lower price. The complainant, Vilas Koli – who was a part of the security details of the then chief minister Uddhav Thackeray in 2020 – got acquainted with Sarwade, who was then …

‘High-ranking Mumbai cop’ dupes women of ₹15L by threatening them
1 year, 8 months ago

‘High-ranking Mumbai cop’ dupes women of ₹15L by threatening them

Hindustan Times  

MUMBAI: A man was booked for allegedly cheating several women across the country of lakhs of rupees by posing as a high-ranking Mumbai police officer and threatening them of being named as accused in criminal cases. HT Image The Bangur Nagar police have booked a man for allegedly cheating several women across the country of lakhs of rupees by posing …

Two held from K’taka for extorting over ₹3 lakh from SoBo resident
1 year, 8 months ago

Two held from K’taka for extorting over ₹3 lakh from SoBo resident

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: Two people were arrested from Karnataka on Saturday for allegedly extorting more than ₹3 lakh from a south Mumbai resident after threatening the victim to upload his nude pictures on social media. “A police team investigated the case and after scrutinising the call data records and based on technical evidence managed to arrest the accused from Karnataka. During the …

Fake certificates: Four Panchkula men booked for duping two cousins of ₹5 lakh
1 year, 8 months ago

Fake certificates: Four Panchkula men booked for duping two cousins of ₹5 lakh

Hindustan Times  

Police have booked four Panchkula residents for duping two cousins of ₹5 lakh on the pretext of helping them clear Class 10 and 12 through Haryana Open School. The accused took ₹ 5 lakh from the cousins for helping them clear Class 10 and 12. When he shared that he had failed in Class 10, Ankush told him that his …

Man duped of over ₹9 lakh by fraudsters over fake parcel
1 year, 8 months ago

Man duped of over ₹9 lakh by fraudsters over fake parcel

Hindustan Times  

A man was allegedly duped of ₹9.21 lakh by a group of fraudsters who told him that he could get arrested for a parcel received in his name as it contains some restricted items, police said on Friday. “Describing the parcel as a suspicious item, the courier company employee transferred the call to Colaba Police Station, which was answered by …

‘First lady of Afghanistan’ dupes 71-year-old of ₹5 lakh
1 year, 8 months ago

‘First lady of Afghanistan’ dupes 71-year-old of ₹5 lakh

Hindustan Times  

Mumbai: A 71-year-old man from Andheri was duped of ₹5 lakh after falling prey to a cyber criminal who posed as the ‘first lady of Afghanistan’ and asked for help to invest $22 million in India. After waiting for a week or so, Shah again tried to transfer the amount to his Indian account, but it didn’t get transferred. At …

Four, including foreigner held for duping Gurugram woman of ₹16 lakh
1 year, 8 months ago

Four, including foreigner held for duping Gurugram woman of ₹16 lakh

Hindustan Times  

The cyber crime team of Gurugram police arrested four fraudsters, including a Nigerian national for allegedly cheating several Indian women on matrimonial applications, police said on Thursday. Four, including foreigner held for duping Gurugram woman of ₹ 16 lakh Investigators said the suspects posed as doctors, engineers and information technology professionals and got in touch with women on the matrimonial …

579 arrested in Deoghar for involvement in cyber crime
3 years, 6 months ago

579 arrested in Deoghar for involvement in cyber crime

Hindustan Times  

As many as 579 people were arrested in Jharkhand's Deoghar district between September 14, 2020 and May 28, 2021 for their alleged involvement in cyber crime and ₹28.26 lakh were recovered from them in addition to a large number of mobile phones and sim cards, police said Saturday. Representational: The SP said one Sarafat Ansari, 20, was arrested in connection …

Jammu: Army officer Duped of Rs 1.41 Crore by Cyber Fraudsters Posing as Finance Ministry Officials
4 years, 3 months ago

Jammu: Army officer Duped of Rs 1.41 Crore by Cyber Fraudsters Posing as Finance Ministry Officials

News 18  

An Army officer here was duped of Rs 1.41 crore by five people posing as Union Finance Ministry officials, the Crime Branch said on Saturday. The five-member gang of cyber fraudsters lured the officer into investing in a Canadian-based fund company with assured return of Rs 10 crore at the time of maturity 16 years later, it said. In his …

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