Fraud
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Two Nigerians held for duping doctor of Rs 12L
Hyderabad: Two Nigerians who allegedly posed themselves as ‘love gurus’ online, were arrested by Rachakonda police on Wednesday for duping a Hyderabad doctor of Rs 12 lakh. According to the police, the…
- Telangana
Telangana: Gulf returnees urge action against job scammers
Hyderabad: Several gulf returnees, under the aegis of Migrants Rights and Welfare Forum, demanded action against agents for allegedly duping them on the pretext of getting them employed abroad. After being deported…
- Business
102 cases registered by CBI in 4 years against 135 companies for financial fraud
Delhi: The CBI has registered 102 cases in the last four years, between 2019 and 2022 (up to November 30, 2022), against 135 private companies and individuals for trapping people on the…
- India
MGNREGA fraud worth Rs 3 crore unearthed in Gujarat, 4 booked
Amreli: Four officers working for the MGNREGA department have been booked for siphoning Rs 3.30 crore from the government’s treasury in Gujarat’s Amreli district. From 2015-2019, the accused created duplicate job cards,…
- Hyderabad
Two held for commodity fraud in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The city police’s detective department on Saturday arrested two persons for their alleged involvement in a commodity trading scam. The accused were identified as Tekula Mukthi Raj and Gattagalla Bhasker. The…
- World
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to over 11 yrs in prison
San Francisco: Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of US-based blood-testing company Theranos, has been sentenced to 135 months, or over 11 years, in prison. She faced sentencing after being found guilty of defrauding…
- World
Indian national jailed in Singapore for bank fraud
Singapore: An Indian national has been jailed in Singapore for nine weeks after he committed fraud involving more than S$26,000 that was traced to three fraud victims in the US. Bhambri Kunal,…
- World
Indian national charged in $8 mn Covid relief fraud scheme in US
New York: An Indian national in the US faces a maximum penalty of 20 years in prison if convicted in an $8 million Covid-19 relief fraud scheme, according to court documents. Abhishek…
- Hyderabad
Telangana: Civilians cheated of Rs 40L for ‘hospital construction’
Hyderabad: Elias Jessimen, alias Peter, of Chennai, was arrested here on Wednesday in a combined operation between Task Force and Inthezargunj police on suspicion of defrauding people out of Rs 40 lakh…
- Middle East
How a prominent Hyderabadi engineer loss his savings in a fraud phone call
Jeddah: A prominent Hyderabadi in Jeddah was left utterly stunned after a phone call resulted in the loss of all his savings in one fine weekend. According to the victim, it all…
- Hyderabad
ED starts probe into ‘investment fraud’ case busted by Hyderabad police
Hyderabad: The Enforcement Directorate started its own investigation into the “investment fraud” case busted by the Hyderabad city police cybercrime wing two days ago. Ten persons including a China national and a…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Engineer duped of over Rs 5 lakh in crypto fraud
Hyderabad: In a recent case of bitcoin investment fraud, cybercriminals duped a city-based software engineer out of Rupees 5.8 lakh. According to Rachakonda cyber crime officials, the 40-year-old man stated that on…
- Technology
YouTube showing election-fraud videos to users skeptical about 2020 US polls
New York: YouTube is showing more election-fraud videos to users already skeptical about the legitimacy of the 2020 US presidential election, a study has revealed, showing how its algorithms perpetuate existing misperceptions.…
- Telangana
Telangana: Student loses Rs 98K in dating app fraud
Hyderabad: A 25-year-old student from Rangareddy district, Telangana lost Rs. 98, 400 in a dating app fraud. The student who is a resident of Turkayamjal has met a woman on a dating…
- Business
As fraudsters get smarter, RBI, banks get busy plugging loopholes
New Delhi: Banking frauds have taken varied dimensions with the passage of time. With the advent of digital age and online transactions, however, fraudsters too have upgraded their skills and latched on…
