fraud

NEW DELHI: Delhi Police’s crime branch has registered an FIR in connection with fraud during an exam related to the recruitment of fire operators.Police said the complaint was filed by a deputy secretary rank official, and they have named three people as suspects in the case. According to the complainant, they scrutinised the biometric reports taken during computer-based and driving skill tests for...

THANE: Two men have been arrested by the police in connection with a massive financial crime in Thane city. The crime involved a breach in the system of a payment gateway service provider, resulting in the unlawful transfer of more than Rs 16,180 crore, as confirmed by an official on Friday. The individuals arrested are Anup Dubey (26) from Bhayander and Sanjay Namdeo Gaikwad (42) from Mumbai, who is a...

MUMBAI: In a phishing fraud, a health company looking for investors was duped of Rs 2.25 crore by an international hacker when an unknown person posed as ‘corporate communication manager’ of the Singapore company wanting to invest in his company, sent him a link, asked him for some details and when the complainant clicked on the link, Rs 2.5 crorein his Crypto currency wallet, got siphoned off.The...

RANCHI: A special CBI court in Ranchi sentenced the ex-husband of a national-level shooter to life imprisonment on Thursday under IPC Section 376 (2) (n) on charges of rape, fraudulent marriage and attempt to convert the religion of his then wife.A former registrar (vigilance) of Jharkhand high court was also sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiracy.According to the shooter, she had come to know...

THANE: A 44-year-old housewife from Navi Mumbai has been duped of nearly Rs 23 lakh through a "task" fraud.The woman said she first received an offer through the Telegram app saying she would be paid well if she completed a few simple online tasks.An official said on Thursday that in her complaint to the Panvel police on Wednesday, the woman said she lost the money between September 17 and October 4.The...

NEW DELHI/GURGAON: The Gurgaon Police has arrested an employee of a private company providing ticketing and customer services to Air India for allegedly committing a fraud of about Rs 1 crore by transferring the money to his own account. Roshan Mishra alias Radhe Mohan alias Raja, a native of Gopalganj district in Bihar, was arrested on Wednesday. Another accused in the case was arrested...

MUMBAI: A 37-year-old woman from Mumbai was duped of Rs 1.37 lakh by a cyber fraudster in the guise of helping her pay electricity bill online, police said on Monday. The incident came to light when the woman, who stays with her mother, a senior citizen, in suburban Andheri (West), approached the Versova police station with a complaint, said an official. According to the complainant, her mother received...

KOLKATA: Police in Kolkata, Barrackpore and Barasat have come across multiple cases where women — some of them teachers, lawyers or with respectable jobs — are receiving extortion calls from cyber crooks after they are being informed of receiving puja gifts in parcels sent through courier.Even as a victim tries to guess who sent them the parcel, she receives a second call, with the person claiming...

KOLKATA: The CBI on Sunday registered an FIR in an alleged fraud at the “cooperative body” at Alipurduar in West Bengal following an order from the Calcutta high court in August this year. The court had transferred the case from CID to the CBI and ED after it expressed unhappiness over the progress of the case.In the petition filed with the court, the petitioners alleged that several members of the...

NEW DELHI: A Nigerian national was arrested in Delhi for duping a Gurgaon woman of Rs 2 lakh on the pretext of custom clearance after they met on a matrimonial site, police said on Monday.The accused, identified as Ignatus Ngosine, was arrested from Delhi on Sunday night, they said. According to the complainant, she started talking to the accused, who posed as a project manager working with a Turkish...