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Thursday, January 29, 2026
TopicCryptoscam

Topic: cryptoscam

Kunal Mehta ‘Shrek’ is no ordinary criminal. Hisar born man was money launderer in $260 mn cypto fraud

45-year-old served as money launderer for sophisticated criminal enterprise that began before October 2023 & continued through at least March 2025, according to US court papers.

As CBI probes Rs 6,600-cr crypto ‘scam’, a look at the 2018 case & its impact on Maharashtra polls

CBI has summoned cyber expert Gaurav Mehta, whose name came up after ex-IPS officer Ravindranath Patil accused Supriya Sule & Nana Patole of using scam funds to finance poll campaign.

As Sam Bankman-Fried trial begins, Aditya Bhardwaj on how he was ‘on the inside & still duped’

The Indian-origin engineer worked closely with fallen crypto king Bankman-Fried who ran FTX and trading firm Alameda Research, and lost most of his life savings.

How scammers use psychology to pull off internet cons – ‘pig butchering’ to fake app alerts

These scams all have one thing in common – they insidiously take advantage of people’s cognitive biases and psychological blind spots.

Shunned as a mega crypto ‘fraudster’, Sam Bankman-Fried now only has a dog to defend him

The once-celebrated young investor with estimated worth of $26 bn, is now 'nearly penniless & friendless' and going down in history for besmirching reputation of struggling crypto industry.

‘Scammers’ now prowl on Instagram. Crypto advice can be from hacked accounts of friends, known circles

Compromised account is used to target other victims without knowledge of the user. Scammers keep deleting accounts or changing name of Instagram handles, says a police officer.

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Congress calls India’s GDP numbers ‘suspect’, alleges manipulation by Modi govt

In AICC report ‘Real State of the Economy 2026’, Congress flags ‘central contradiction’ in economy, calls for data review pointing to jobs, FDI, manufacturing slump & inequality.

Indian Army ties up with US drone company that made its name in the Ukraine conflict

Shield AI will provide V-BAT vertical takeoff & landing drones along with licences for software, which will be integrated into aircraft and made available to select Indian partners.

Non-alignment is coming back in a new avatar: Trump-peedit alliance

No nation other than China can negotiate one-on-one with Trump on an equal footing. That’s why the middle powers who so far formed the core of multilateral bodies now feel orphaned.