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TopicCyber fraud

Topic: cyber fraud

From Delhi, UP to Tokyo: Indian students learning Japanese among cyber fraudsters targeting Japan’s elderly

CBI conducted raids in Noida and Varanasi, arresting 6 individuals in their 20s. Japanese authorities have been informed.

What HC said on need for vigilance at point of entry while giving bail to a Malaysian national

Punjab & Haryana High Court granted bail to Muhammad Jamil, accused in a Rs 2.8 crore cyber fraud case in Haryana. Justice Anoop Chitkara also stressed on the need for a speedy trial.

Naseeruddin Shah’s brother Zameer Uddin loses Rs 1 lakh to cyber fraud while making hotel reservations

The former deputy chief of Army staff, who also served as vice-chancellor of AMU, lost Rs 93,980 in the beginning of March. Case lodged with cyber police in Gurugram.

‘Cyber crime as a service’ with after-sale support: Inside ‘DK Boss’ gang’s cyber crime module in Jamtara

Jharkhand Police say cyber crime module, run by school dropouts using AI tools & YouTube tutorials, defrauded nearly 3,000 mobile users of Rs 12 crore and is linked to over 500 cases.

With 200 shell companies & an app, how Delhi CA who attacked ED team ‘ran international cyberfraud scam’

The CA & his brother absconded after attacking ED officials at his farmhouse. The ‘kingpin’ defrauded people on the pretext of job & investment offers with a ‘syndicate’ of CAs.

Amid strained India-Canada relations, cyber scammers have a free run

Cyber fraud investigations targeting senior Canadian citizens have been affected amid non-cooperation, it is learnt. Requests made under Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty are pending.

Chinese, Laos officials are shielding East Asian crime empires. Time to act now

For criminal cartels of all kinds, the casino cities on China’s peripheries offer security and immunity. In Kings Romans Casino, prison-like dormitories house the cyber-slaves.

Stock market frauds booming in India. How kingpins holed up in Cambodia & Dubai bait & scam investors

Scams are well oiled with swindlers manipulating & looting victims for months. Probe mostly hit dead end as those arrested are brokers & mule account holders, say cops.

Himachal man arrested for posing as woman in sex chat groups, swindling Rs 13 lakh

An addict of online gaming & adult chatting, Mandi resident Deepak Saini posed as ‘Shruti Sharma’ and preyed emotionally on complainant who paid him money, police say.

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India’s draft guidelines on biosimilar drugs can make treatments more accessible, affordable

Though India has built a robust domestic biosimilar market, its international presence and the ability to lower prices as compared to small molecule generics remain limited.

Govt’s earlier FDI limit of 74% in insurance sector has remained underutilised, Parliament told

In the latest budget, the FDI limit was increased to 100 percent, but most foreign companies are not buying such large stakes in the Indian insurance sector.

India’s air defence system foiled 1,000 Pakistani drone attacks on 9 May—Modi tells Parliament

New Delhi: India’s air defence systems intercepted and destroyed 1,000 drones and missiles launched by Pakistan on 9 May during Op Sindoor, Prime Minister...

Modi’s Bharat vs Indira’s India: 11-yr report card of politics, diplomacy, economy, nationalism

As Narendra Modi becomes India’s second-longest consecutively serving Prime Minister, we look at how he compares with Indira Gandhi across four key dimensions.