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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
US Treasury Department says a malicious botnet service compromised around 19 million IP addresses & facilitated submission of fraudulent applications causing loss of billions of dollars.
Victims were lured by ads posted in platforms such as BigBasket, DMart & Blinkit, say police. Once they clicked on links sent on mobiles, scammers stole OTPs to siphon off money.
The activist claims ‘scamsters’ allegedly posed as Mumbai Police & CBI officers to intimidate her into paying money. Police say this isn’t an isolated case.
India's projects related to BIMSTEC, Look-East-Act-East and Indian Ocean Rim Association could suffer a setback, impacting trade with South Asia and the South-South Cooperation agenda.
While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.
Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.
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