Fraud
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad ex-mayor Bonthu Rammohan booked under charges of cheating, SC/ST act
Hyderabad: Former city Mayor Bonthu Rammohan has been charged by Rachakonda police with defrauding a business partner and also under the SC/ST Atrocities Act. The police proceeded in response to a complaint…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Man arrested for blackmail, posing as woman online
Hyderabad: The Rachakonda cyber crime police on Friday arrested a fraudster who would initiate explicit video calls with victims by pretending to be a woman, and later blackmail them with screen recordings.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Canara Bank duped of Rs 2.71 cr by fake companies
Hyderabad: Two fake companies allegedly defrauded the Balanagar branch of Canara Bank of Rs 2.71 crore by taking loans and failing to repay them. The first company, AFS constructions, took a Rs…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Businessman loses Rs 1 crore in crypto fraud
Hyderabad: A businessman in Mehdipatanam on Thursday allegedly lost Rs 1 crore after being asked to invest in crypto currency by fraudsters. The police said that the victim was added to a…
- Mumbai
I-T dept seizes Rs 56 cr cash, 14 cr worth jewellery during raids in Maharashtra
New Delhi: The Income-tax department has seized a whopping Rs 56 crore in cash apart from jewellery valued at Rs 14 crore after it raided two major Maharashtra business groups engaged in…
- India
Fresh CBI FIR against Mehul Choksi in Canara Bank fraud of Rs 55.27 crore
New Delhi: The CBI has filed a fresh FIR against fugitive diamantaire Mehul Choksi for allegedly cheating a Canara Bank-led consortium to the tune of Rs 55.27 crore, officials said on Thursday.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Google Play, Amazon gift card frauds on the rise
Hyderabad: Fraudsters are using innovative methods to cheat the public. In the latest, the fraudsters are luring victims to purchase Google Play or Amazon Gift Cards. The Hyderabad police arrested two persons…
- India
Congress accuses BJP of receiving multi-crore donations from scam-hit DHFL
New Delhi: The Congress on Saturday accused the BJP of having accepted donations of crores of rupees from the promoters and associated companies of the fraud-hit DHFL and asked whether there was…
- India
CBI books DHFL in ‘biggest’ banking fraud of Rs 34,615 crore; 17 banks hit
New Delhi: The CBI has booked Dewan Housing Finance Ltd, its former CMD Kapil Wadhawan, director Dheeraj Wadhawan and others for bank fraud of Rs 34,615 crore, making it the biggest such…
- India
Indian investors lost Rs 1,000 cr to fake crypto exchanges: Report
New Delhi: Fake cryptocurrency exchanges have duped Indian investors of more than $128 million (nearly Rs 1,000 crore) as the global crypto market tanks, a new report claimed on Tuesday. Cyber-security company…
- India
Lucknow family duped of Rs 16 lakhs via cyber fraud
Lucknow: A Lucknow man and his two sons were duped of Rs 16 lakhs after fraudsters obtained a new SIM card of his mobile number by lodging an e-FIR of a missing SIM…
- Technology
WhatsApp likely to add another verification code to prevent fraud
San Francisco: Meta-owned WhatsApp is working on a new feature that adds an extra layer of security before logging into a WhatsApp account, for a future update of beta for Android and…
- India
UIDAI withdraws warning about sharing Aadhar, asks for ‘normal prudence’
Hyderabad: The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) on Sunday withdrew a warning that they issued earlier on the same day. The earlier warning advised the general public to not share photocopies…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Fraudsters back in business with loan apps
Hyderabad: After a break, they are back again with different names! Instant loan apps which lend small sums of money targeting the low-income group mostly are back in business. Although, following requisition…
- Andhra Pradesh
Bank fraud: ED charge sheets against ex-Andhra Bank chief manager, others
New Delhi: A former chief manager of Andhra Bank, a promoter of an Andhra Pradesh-based company and others have been named in a charge sheet by the ED in a money laundering…
