Scam

Chennai: A woman from Vadapalani was conned of 75,000 by cyber fraudsters, who identified themselves as Indian High Commissionerate officials from a foreign country. They demanded money to release her daughter studying in London who was under ‘digital arrest'. According to police sources, the victims, Ashok Anand and his wife Banumathi, residents of Vadapalani, received a phone call where the...

DELHI: Delhi Police arrested two men for creating a fake Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) website and cheating job aspirants by advertising non-existent vacancies across various posts.The accused were identified as Kuldeep (30), a B.Com graduate currently pursuing a second-year LL.B., and his associate Piyush (25), a B.Tech graduate in Computer Science, who developed the fake website.The accused...

NEW DELHI: The Crime Branch of Delhi Police busted an illegal call centre allegedly involved in defrauding US citizens by posing as customer support executives. Seven people were apprehended during a late-night raid at a flat in Gujarawala Town, North Delhi.Police said the accused used toll-free numbers to receive calls from US nationals. Using Voice over IP (VoIP) technology and remote-access...

2 Chinese nationals, 28 others in CBI’s Rs 1k cr crypto scam chargesheet NEW DELHI: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against 30 accused, including two Chinese, Wan Jun and Li Anming, in a Rs 1,000-crore crypto-investment scam.The accused, through two Delhi-based companies and their directors, allegedly misled the public into investing heavily in non-existent...

New Delhi: Four people have been arrested for duping a man of Rs 16 lakh in an investment scam. The men were identified as Manish Dilip Bhai Koshti (37), Mohammad Zaid A. Sidi (28), Mohammad Aezaz Khimani (35), and Shaikh Abrar (27), all residents of Ahmedabad, Gujarat. The complainant, a resident of Palam Colony, reported that he was added to a WhatsApp group whose members posed as representatives of...

KOLKATA: Shortly after the arrest of West Bengal minister Jyotipriya Mallick in connection with the multi-crore ration distribution scam, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) took action to freeze his bank accounts, as well as those belonging to his wife and daughter, and seized his mobile phones for forensic examination, according to a senior officer.The ED has instructed bank authorities to freeze the...

KOLKATA: West Bengal minister Jyotipriya Mallick who was arrested in connection with a money laundering case tied to an alleged multi-crore ration distribution scam, collapsed in an overcrowded courtroom during his appearance, according to an official.The state's forest minister fainted during the court hearing and was subsequently taken out to a balcony where he was provided with water to drink.ED...

NEW DELHI: Four officials of the Regional Passport Office in Kolkata were arrested by the CBI in connection with a racket in which passports were issued to Nepalese citizens based on forged documents, officials said. The arrested officials were identified as senior passport assistants Uttam Kumar, Debasis Bhattacharjee and Nishit Baran Saha and stenographer Manish Kumar Gupta.They were presented before...

There’s an entry and parking fee of `75 levied on any non-local vehicle entering Mamallapuram town by the panchayat. But where are the parking lots? The only lots are near the shore temple that can hold around 200 cars. And, there’s a parking charge of `30 per car. On weekends and holidays, 750 to 1,000 private vehicles are parked on both sides of the town’s narrow streets clogging them. "It took...

MUMBAI: The income-tax investigation wing searched several premises in Mumbai and other locations on Monday in connection with the BMC's Covid scam, mainly the alleged supply of oxygen at inflated rates. The search operation, which will continue for a few more days, included premises of Romin Chheda's company Highway Construction Company and its associate entities. I-T sources said the search will be...