Fraud

Massive Covid scam in Italy to swindle EU recovery grant: 22 persons arrested for siphoning over 650 million USD for luxury cars, and villas

Following the arrests from Italy, Austria, Romania and Slovakia and an investigation by the EU prosecutor, eight people were detained, 14 were placed under house arrest and two others were…

DoT orders telecom operators to discontinue USSD-based call forwarding and switch to alternate method from 15 April

The Department of Telecom has asked telecom operators to deactivate USSD-based call forwarding with effect from April 15, and provide the service using alternative methods

Jay Shetty, monk turned author and lifestyle coach, under scanner for faking his past and plagiarising social media posts: Details

Jay Shetty is under scanner after reports claimed that the 'monk' turned author faked his past and plagiarised SM posts.

Govt launches new portal ‘Chaksu’ to allow citizens to report suspected fraudulent communications

DoT unveiled 'Chakshu', a platform empowering citizens to report suspected fraudulent communications from mobile numbers through calls, SMS, or popular social media apps like WhatsApp.

‘FedEx courier’ scam in Bengaluru: Tech company CEO loses Rs 2.3 crores to fraudsters claiming to be Mumbai Crime Branch officers

The unknown caller told the victim that they were calling from FedEx Mumbai and they repeated his name, Aadhar number, and mobile number to confirm his identity.

Amethi: Arun who left home as teenager returns 22 years later as a ‘sadhu’, turns out to be imposter Nafees who claimed his math demands ₹11 lakh to ‘release’ him

Ratipal Singh was happy that his son returned after 22 years, but it turned out that the man claiming to be Arun Singh was an imposter named Nafees

Hong Kong: Multinational company loses $25 million after finance worker gets scammed with deep fake video call featuring CFO and staff

However, the worker put aside his early doubts after the video call because other people in attendance had looked and sounded just like his colleagues, Chan said.

Beware! Fraudsters are posing as representatives of Ram Janmabhoomi Trust to seek donations, brands pretending to sell Ram Mandir prasad. Here are the details

In the video, a trickster posing as a representative of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra called a shopkeeper who was aware of the fraud.

Maharashtra: Mumbai police book Aditya Thackeray’s close aide contractor Rahul Gomes in Covid Jumbo Center scam case

According to FIR, Oaks Management Consultancy Pvt Ltd of Rahul Gomes contributed to the COVID-19 relief measures by supplying beds, fans, etc. Then the company transferred control of these facilities…

Karnataka: Inspired by ‘Gang’ movie, man extorts over Rs 3 crores from govt officials posing as ‘Lokayukta Officer’, arrested

According to the police, Reddy extorted more than Rs 3 crores from officials and used the money to live a lavish lifestyle, including frequent visits to casinos in Goa.