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US Capitol siege act of domestic terrorism, says FBI chief Wray
AP | , Washington
PUBLISHED ON MAR 02, 2021 10:26 PM IST
- A Jan. 5 report from the FBI's Norfolk, Virginia, field office warned of online posts foreshadowing a “war” in Washington.
Hedge funds risk Biden-Era closing of money-laundering loophole
Bloomberg |
UPDATED ON FEB 05, 2021 06:56 PM IST
- It’s still early days for Joe Biden’s team at the department, which hasn’t spelled out any new money-laundering measures or indicated whether it would revive the 86-page Obama-era proposal for SEC-registered investment advisers who oversee private equity and hedge funds.
Bengal’s lone suspected IS operative hurls sandal at judge
Hindustan Times, Kolkata | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON FEB 05, 2020 12:13 PM IST
Even though the sandal missed the judge, it hit a lawyer. Following the incident, the National Investigation Agency (NIA) filed a petition before the court requesting Musa’s trial through video conference.
Apple urged to cooperate with US govt after Trump accused company of not ‘unlocking phones of killers’
Washington | By Reuters
PUBLISHED ON JAN 15, 2020 08:33 PM IST
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is seeking to unlock two iPhones involved in the case regarding the shooting of three Americans by a Saudi Air Force officer at the U.S. Naval Station in Pensacola, Florida.
Fake call centre probe: FBI to assist Madhya Pradesh cyber police
Bhopal | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON JUN 21, 2019 06:01 PM IST
The racket, being operated from three call centres in Vijay Nagar area here, was busted on June 11 and led to the arrest of 78 people, including 19 women.
India-origin former Cisco employee arrested in US
New York | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON MAR 06, 2019 12:27 PM IST
Prithviraj Bhikha, 50 was charged in a criminal complaint alleging he defrauded a technology major of more than USD 9.3 million, US Attorney David Anderson and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge John Bennett have said.
FBI launched probe against Trump after Comey’s firing, says report
Hindustan Times, Washington | By HT Correspondent
UPDATED ON JAN 13, 2019 12:33 AM IST
FBI investigators, who had watched Candidate Trump’s Russia remarks with some alarm, were now concerned by President Trump’s attempts to link agency chief James Comey’s firing to the Russia probe in a note and an interview to NBC News.
Fake call centres in NCR dupe over 50,000 in 15 countries using Microsoft’s name
Hindustan Times, Gurugram | By Pavneet Singh Chadha
UPDATED ON DEC 03, 2018 08:41 AM IST
Gurugram and Noida police, in association with international investigating agencies such as Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Interpol and Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted police (RCMP), have so far busted as many as 17 call centres in the two cities and arrested 42 people.
Indian charged with embezzling $9.3 million from Tesla
New York | By Press Trust of India
PUBLISHED ON NOV 13, 2018 01:50 PM IST
Salil Parulekar has been charged with nine counts of wire fraud and one count of aggravated identity theft. If convicted, the maximum penalty for each count of wire fraud is twenty years’ imprisonment and a USD 250,000 fine.
‘Unprecedented’ foreign interference in Australia: Spy chief
Agence France-Presse, Sydney | By Agence France-Presse
UPDATED ON MAY 26, 2018 10:23 AM IST
Duncan Lewis, head of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), did not single out any specific country but his remarks coincided with a sharp escalation of concerns over Chinese interference in domestic politics.
Prodded by Trump, FBI to look into complaint about its 2016 tactics
Reuters, Washington | By Reuters
UPDATED ON MAY 22, 2018 09:45 AM IST
Trump suggested on Friday that the FBI might have planted or recruited an informant in his presidential campaign for political purposes, citing unidentified reports that at least one FBI representative was “implanted.”
Indian-origin man in US indicted in multi-million dollar cryptocurrency scam
Press Trust of India, New York | By Press Trust of India
UPDATED ON MAY 15, 2018 03:54 PM IST
Sohrab Sharma is among the three co-founders of a start-up called Centra Tech indicted with conspiring to defraud investors.
US, UK warn against Russia-sponsored cyber attacks
Indo Asian News Service, San Francisco | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON APR 17, 2018 06:59 PM IST
US Department of Homeland Security website says FBI is confident that Russian-sponsored cyber actors are using compromised routers to support espionage, extract intellectual property, maintain access to victim networks, and lay foundation for future operations.
Marc Chagall oil painting recovered 30 years after being stolen
Agence France-Presse | By Agence France-Presse, Washington
UPDATED ON APR 13, 2018 09:25 AM IST
The 1911 painting, Othello and Desdemona, was stolen in 1988 along with other works of art - by Renoir, Picasso and Hopper - from the Manhattan home of Ernest and Rose Heller.
FBI cracks case of 4,000-year-old Egyptian mummy’s decapitated head
Press Trust of India, Cairo/Boston | By HT Correspondent
PUBLISHED ON APR 08, 2018 01:49 PM IST
The severed head of the mummy was discovered in 1915 in the corner of a looted tomb in the ancient Egyptian necropolis of Deir el-Bersha.