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A US court has sentenced Indian national Ligneshkumar H. Patel to 90 months in prison for a multi-state imposter-fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims across five Midwestern states, causing losses of over $2.2 million. He must pay more than $2 million in restitution.

The CBI has registered a case against Jai Anmol Anil Ambani and Reliance Home Finance Ltd. for alleged cheating causing Rs 228 crore loss to Union Bank of India, involving diversion of funds, fraudulent misappropriation, and breach of trust

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has requested a presidential pardon to halt his years-long corruption trial, citing national security demands. Critics warn the move threatens judicial independence and reflects his efforts to secure political survival ahead of elections expected next year

A Kolkata-based book supplier has been arrested for allegedly defrauding ISKCON of Rs 2 crore by submitting fake invoices. The accused, Debraj Bhattacharya, who had been absconding for years, was caught from the Girish Park area on Saturday night

Cyberabad Police arrested five persons for duping a reputed travel company of ₹3 crore by exploiting a software glitch in its ticketing system. The suspects rebooked and cancelled tickets repeatedly to double refunds. Police also seized mobile phones and SIM cards.

South Korean police have sought arrest warrants for 59 of 64 suspects repatriated from Cambodia for alleged involvement in online scams. The suspects were part of investigations into romance and voice phishing scams across multiple provinces, officials said

Puri police arrested 12 men for impersonating Jagannath Temple servitors and extorting money from pilgrims. The accused targeted visitors from several states, with Rs 20,000 and 14 phones seized. They face multiple charges under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita.

A DNA test has exposed a Rs 35 lakh surrogacy scam at Universal Srushti Fertility Centre in Secunderabad. The clinic allegedly sold babies to childless couples, trafficked gametes across states, and forged records. Ten people, including the doctor, have been arrested.

Pranav Patel, 33, of New Jersey, served as a "money mule” in the fraud scheme between October and December 2023 and laundered USD 1.7 million as part of it

The suspects identified as MNS Bhushan Reddy, the operations manager and D Srinivas, an accountant of Neon Metal Crafts have allegedly contrary to the provisions of that company, established another company named Adinath Industries.

TOA's complaint alleges tampering and deletion of names of the elected principal office bearers of the Telangana Olympic Association in the online portal and unlawfully replaced them with others names

The complainant from Meerpet working as a senior manager for a private company,who is aware of online trading, had recently joined an online group consisting of investors and traders on WhatsApp.

Six persons who were preparing birth certificates and electoral photo identity cards fraudulently were apprehended by the Commissioner’s Task Force (North) team on Thursday.

Their cheating was exposed when a farmer, Boddu Shekhar from Karnamamidi in Dandepalli lodged a complaint with police.

The case was registered after an official of CMRF wing of Revenue Department of the State government made a complaint.

The victim met the couple through some contacts and expressed his desire to send his son for higher education to United States. “

DSP Venugopal Reddy suggests victims to register a complaint within minutes after losing the amount by calling 1930 or by raising a complaint on cybercrime.gov.in.

The arrested persons, Johny J and M Samuel, contacted the victims through Telegram app on pretext of part-time job and offered the task to ‘like and subscribe’ links that they shared with them.

In this nefarious fraud, fraudsters/hackers manipulate and divert calls and messages of victims to specific numbers to obtain OTPs and then log into their WhatsApp accounts.

According to police, the two somehow came in touch with Sankalp Employment Office located in Space Eye Tech Tower in Sector 49 of Gurugram and approached it for admission