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Indian national gets 20-year jail for running call centers that defrauded US citizens
By Press Trust of India | Posted by Karan Manral | Washington
UPDATED ON DEC 01, 2020 09:05 AM IST
44-year-old Hitesh Madhu Bhai Patel was sentenced for his role in operating and funding India-based call centers that defrauded American people of millions of dollars between 2013 and 2016.
Online fraud: Pinjore woman loses more than ₹3 lakh
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Panchkula, Panchkula
UPDATED ON NOV 22, 2020 10:50 PM IST
A case under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code was registered at the Pinjore police station after Rajni Dwivedi complained that the money was debited from her savings account through fraud
Bihar resident held for online fraud in Kullu
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times/Shimla, Shimla
PUBLISHED ON NOV 05, 2020 12:14 AM IST
Accused allegedly defrauded an ANI resident of Rs 10.62 lakh on pretext of updating their ATM card.
Man claiming to be NRI cons MBBS aspirant’s father of Rs 61 lakh, nabbed in Mumbai
By Suraj Ojha | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON NOV 02, 2020 09:59 AM IST
Police said the accused is a history sheeter and many cases of cheating have been registered against him at many police stations in India.
UP men promise Mumbai woman to cure her mentally ill daughter, dupes her of Rs 13 lakh
By Vijay Kumar Yadav | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON NOV 01, 2020 10:43 PM IST
Shobha Shetty, 70, has a 43-year-old daughter suffering from mental illness and has been undergoing treatment for 25 years.
10 booked for registering fake trust in PM’s name, 4 taken into custody
By HT Correspondent | Edited by Sparshita Saxena | Hindustan Times, Varanasi
UPDATED ON OCT 31, 2020 07:34 AM IST
Ajay Pandey, a resident of Kabir Nagar area in Varanasi, registered the ‘Adarsh Narendra Damodar Das Modi Jankalyankari Trust’, Varanasi, on July 14.
Holkar’s trust denies fraud in property sales, EOW of MP govt begins probe
By Ranjan | Hindustan Times, Bhopal
PUBLISHED ON OCT 11, 2020 05:35 PM IST
The Trust maintains that transactions were transparent and that it had the consent of the state government.
Billionaire Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry’s daughter loses money in cyber fraud
By Vijay Kumar Yadav | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON SEP 23, 2020 01:53 PM IST
According to Colaba police station, Laila Rustom Jehangir, who resides in Dubai, had authorised her father Pallonji Shapoorji Mistry to manage the account on her behalf.
3 Chandigarh residents fall prey to online fraud
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON SEP 08, 2020 11:48 PM IST
Lose more than Rs 30,000 between them after being asked to share payment links to sell sanitisers, buy a camera and deposit money for a job
Conman who impersonated IPS officer runs out of luck at toll plaza in Ujjain
By Anand Nigam | Edited by Sabir Hussain | Hindustan Times, Bhopal/Ujjain
PUBLISHED ON AUG 16, 2020 07:09 PM IST
The impersonator’s luck ran out when staffers at a toll plaza called the police after he refused to pay.
Two men held for posing as DSIIDC staffers, duping people of over Rs8 crore
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON AUG 03, 2020 04:07 AM IST
Police said the men have so far duped people of at least Rs8 crore. Luxury cars and a flat they bought with the cheated money have been seized, the police said.
‘Elaborate and sophisticated fraud’: Wirecard collapses owing $4 billion to creditors
By Reuters | Posted by: Shankhyaneel Sarkar | Berlin
UPDATED ON JUN 26, 2020 06:51 AM IST
EY said while it was completing the 2019 audit, it was provided with false confirmations with regard to escrow accounts and reported them to the relevant authorities.
Chandigarh travel agent booked for fraud in two cases
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Panchkula, Panchkula
UPDATED ON MAR 16, 2020 01:08 AM IST
Two Panchkula residents were cheated of Rs 1.3 lakh and Rs 3 lakh for travel packages, respectively
Panchkula man loses ₹45,000 to online fraud
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Panchkula
PUBLISHED ON MAR 15, 2020 12:37 AM IST
The 72-year-old was told by fraudsters to download an app on the pretext of activating an e-wallet
Kirron Kher’s private secy among 3 duped in cyber fraud
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON FEB 21, 2020 01:02 AM IST
Jyoti, a resident of Maloya, alleged that last year in September someone called on her mobile, claiming that he is from the customer care centre in Delhi
‘Over Rs 700 cr drawn from state exchequer fraudulently’: Maharashtra tells HC
By Kanchan Chaudhari | Hindustan Times, New Delhi
UPDATED ON FEB 07, 2020 10:09 AM IST
The investigating squad submitted its interim report recently revealing how the fraud was perpetrated by giving a go by to the prevailing procedure – to seek approval of the finance department to every proposal involving financial implications – and how excess amounts have been drawn from the state exchequer.
Mumbai firm booked for Rs 3.5k-cr fraud, says CBI
By Neeraj Chauhan | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
PUBLISHED ON JAN 22, 2020 02:57 AM IST
Lookout circulars have also been issued against all of them at airports and other entry and exit points across India so that they do not leave the country, according to officials aware of the matter.
Online fraud: Chief conservator of forest duped of ₹60K in Haryana
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Panchkula
PUBLISHED ON DEC 26, 2019 12:20 AM IST
The complainant further said that subsequently, the trickster linked a Paytm account to his Aadhar and mobile number. Following this, the accused withdrew a total of ₹60,000 in three transactions of ₹48,000, ₹10,000 and ₹2,000 from his Panchkula-based State Bank of India (SBI) account, before the fraud came to light
Podcast: Katherine Eban on Fraud in India’s Generic Drugs Industry
By Hindustan Times
UPDATED ON DEC 04, 2019 09:42 AM IST
An explosive new book, Bottle of Lies: The Inside Story of the Generic Drug Boom, by journalist Katherine Eban demolishes this myth and provides a dizzying, page-turning investigation of the lies, deceit, and outright fraud that run rampant in the generics industry.
India’s state-run banks report $13 billion frauds in 6 months: Sitharaman
By Reuters | New Delhi
UPDATED ON NOV 19, 2019 06:25 PM IST
‘Government has taken comprehensive measures to curb the incidence of fraud in banks,’ Nirmala Sitharaman, India’s finance minister told the upper house of parliament.
Police on lookout for Maharashtra jewellers over fraud charges
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Mumbai
UPDATED ON NOV 07, 2019 05:57 AM IST
EOW officials said that so far, 17 investors have come forward with complaints against RSJ, claiming the jeweller cheated them by luring them with various lucrative gold schemes.
Panchkula realtor duped of ₹2.65 lakh in online fraud
By HT Correspondent, Panchkula
UPDATED ON NOV 04, 2019 12:47 AM IST
The man fell victim to a fake website of a well-known cement company created by a Kolkata man
Noida gang held for using rickshaw puller’s bank account for fraud
By Shafaque Alam | Hindustan Times, Greater Noida
UPDATED ON OCT 19, 2019 11:38 PM IST
Police have recovered two laptops, seven mobile phones, one debit card, one printer, and Rs 4.4 lakh from the gang’s possession.
One-third of Indian businesses hit hard by internal, external fraud: Report
By Press Trust of India | New Delhi
UPDATED ON OCT 01, 2019 05:18 PM IST
We believe that the level of due diligence done by Indian corporates is improving, but it is still below the basic requirement when compared globally, said Tarun Bhatia, head of South Asia and managing director in the Business Intelligence and Investigations practice of Kroll
CBI files chargesheet against eight in Rs 729-lakh fraud in Chandigarh
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Chandigarh, Chandigarh
UPDATED ON OCT 01, 2019 12:20 AM IST
The eight accused are Arvind Machine Tools Private Limited through its directors Amarinder Singh Gorwara, his son Sahil and wife Daljit Kaur ; proprietor of M/S Punjab Steel Scrap Corporation Parminder Singh.
Rs 40-cr fraud: Ex-bank manager used cash to open production house
By Vijay Kumar Yadav | Mumbai
UPDATED ON SEP 17, 2019 07:58 AM IST
Rajan Sakhare, 62, was first arrested in June for allegedly siphoning off more than Rs 21.6 crore just a month before his retirement in 2016 by fraudulently availing overdraft facility on fixed deposits.
Goldman Sachs VP, ex-staffer held for siphoning off Rs 38.40 crore to pay poker debts
By Venkatesha Babu | Hindustan Times, Hyderabad
UPDATED ON SEP 11, 2019 08:42 AM IST
The main suspect Jhunjhunwala, who has been working with the company as VP – Foreign Exchange and Equity Settlements, for the past four years, is accused of committing the fraud after incurring losses of more than Rs 50 lakh in online poker.
76- year-old man duped of Rs 52,000 in Pune
By HT Correspondent | Hindustan Times, Pune, Pune
UPDATED ON SEP 01, 2019 04:24 PM IST
The victim in his FIR pointed out that the unidentified person offered help, took his ATM card and instead handed over another ATM in the name of some other person and cheated him to the tune of Rs 52,000.
Online frauds: 13 Ludhiana residents duped of ₹13.9lakh
By HT Corresopodent | Hindustan Times, Ludhiana
PUBLISHED ON AUG 23, 2019 11:57 PM IST
Indian-origin Canadians charged in US with bitcoin fraud
By Indo Asian News Service | New York
PUBLISHED ON AUG 23, 2019 01:21 PM IST
Bitcoin is an internet-based crypto-currency and is outside the control of any country and can be stored or exchanged online for real currency or used for transaction through companies that provide the services.