Fraud

Balasore: In a court ruling under the Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (OPID) Act in Balasore on Wednesday, a former executive of a non-banking financial company (NBFC), along with his brother, was convicted in a forgery case…

A woman identified as Erika de Souza Vieira Nunes (42) took her 68-year-old dead uncle Paulo Roberto Braga in a wheelchair into a branch of the Rio de Janeiro bank to procure a loan in his name by deceit. Her shocking act was caught on a…

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch has made two arrests in connection with a cryptocurrency fraud amounting to Rs 15 crore. Identified as Ved Prakash and Sudhir Patel, the accused were arrested from…

New Delhi: Former business partner of cricketer MS Dhoni, Mihir Diwakar, was arrested by Jaipur Police following a fraud complaint lodged by Dhoni himself. Diwakar, a childhood friend of the ex-India skipper, was arrested from Noida…

Bengaluru: A 52-year-old software engineer from Bengaluru, Kumaraswamy Sivakumar, fell prey to cyber fraudsters and lost Rs 2.24 crore. The fraudsters posed as Delhi Customs and Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officials to cheat the…

Bengaluru: A group of cyber fraudsters posed as CBI officials to extort money from a Bengaluru-based female lawyer, reported The Times of India. The victim was also asked to strip in front of a web camera by the fraudsters who also later…

Koraput: A man in Odisha's Koraput district allegedly fell victim to a con perpetrated by an individual posing as a journalist. The accused allegedly swindled the victim out of Rs. 4,35,000 by selling him a look-alike gold conch. The…

New Delhi: A Delhi court on Friday allowed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to interrogate Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS) leader K Kavitha in custody regarding the Delhi liquor policy issue. Ms Kavitha was arrested last month by the…

London: A High Court ruling in London has paved the way for the sale of a luxury apartment linked to fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi. The property, located in the prestigious Marylebone area, is set to be sold for no less than £5.25…

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Police has apprehended a woman who had been on the run for an extended period. She was arrested from the Kalyan area of East Mumbai and subsequently brought to Odisha on transit…