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Rs 100 cr trading scam: How Chinese ‘conman’ & gang preyed on rookie investors in guise of ‘Goldman Sachs’

Fang Chenjin was previously booked by AP Police after he allegedly destroyed critical cables at Apple supplier's Tirupati plant, and by UP Police over an 'app-based investment scam'.

Brand ambassador today, top cop tomorrow — life of ‘cricketer-turned-conman’ Mrinank Singh

Singh, a former Haryana U19 player, was arrested by Delhi Police Monday for allegedly duping Taj Palace Hotel of over Rs 5,00,000.

Gunner, govt car, circuit house suites. Not just Ghaziabad cops, ‘VIP conman fooled Varanasi police too’

Varanasi police, who assigned a gunner & police escort to Anoop Chaudhary at least 7 times this year, have lodged an FIR against him. Chaudhary was arrested by UP STF last month.

Aliases & bag of tricks to dupe gullible ‘Charlies’ — how ‘conmen’ like Sherpuria, Kiran Patel thrive

ThePrint spoke to police officers to understand what makes a conman. Honey trap-like tactics, use of media & social media, posing as string-pullers with ruling party all part of tactics.

‘Yoga guru’ among 2 held in UP for cheating — one ‘identified victims, other posed as Yogi CMO bigshot’

Accused Arvind Tripathi and Ramshankar Gupta arrested in Lucknow. UP STF says they demanded money from businessmen & public servants by promising tenders and transfers/postings.

‘Fintech honcho, CMO official, Amit Shah’s nephew’ — how models, MLA were ‘duped by Gujarat conman’

Viraj Ashwin Patel allegedly dropped names & promised jobs to models, even proposing marriage to one. He is now in judicial custody and faces rape charge. Crime branch to probe.

How ‘conman’ Sherpuria went from waiter in Gujarat to fixer for top civil servants including CBI officers

Sherpuria allegedly created over 56 companies under dummy directors, in which he pumped in funds as 'start-up support' to launder money. The firms are now under investigation.

How Kiran Patel used ‘RSS link’ to start J&K con game. ‘Overacting’ & IAS-IPS confusion blew cover

Gujarat ‘conman’ Kiran Patel allegedly posed as a PMO official and duped J&K administration. How did he do it? What were his connections, and what exactly was his motive?

Tricolour at Lal Chowk, Khelo India: How ‘conman’ Kiran Patel used social media to project ‘official image’

Central to Patel's mimicry of being a high-powered government official is sharing development projects in Kashmir, while also co-opting signs of nationalism like Indian flag.

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A ship attack has shaken Asia’s faith in the US

Why should the US care? Because in the end, as its wrangle with Britain this week should have reminded them, America still needs bases, friendly ports, & overfly rights.

Amid the new war in Middle East, ‘God’ surfaces in oil and commodities contracts

Multiple companies have invoked the principle of ‘force majeure’, which lets a party off the hook in case of unforeseen ‘acts of God’, to avoid penalties.

Iranian naval ship Lavan with crew of 184 docked in Kochi same day US torpedoed IRIS Dena

IRIS Lavan was in the region for the International Fleet Review held last month and ‘sought urgent docking in Kochi citing technical issues,’ it is learnt.

Trump brings the Age of Humiliation for friends. Modi needs stoicism abroad, humility at home

Trump has ushered in the age of humiliation. His method is to push around America’s friends rudely and publicly. He knows none of them can afford to fight back.