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Topic: fraud

Rs 1,100 salary to business empire, and then a ‘halal investment fraud’—Al-Falah founder’s murky past

In 2014, Jawad Ahmad Siddiqui set up Al-Falah University, which is now in eye of a storm with 3 of its teaching staff being linked to terror module allegedly behind Red Fort blast.

Compromise can’t obliterate criminal liability in cheating case when public interest is involved—HC

Punjab and Haryana High Court dismissed anticipatory bail plea of a person accused of cheating complainant by defrauding him of Rs 4.5 lakh on promise of getting him a govt job.

Held for Rs 232 cr ‘embezzlement’ at Dehradun airport, AAI manager booked for similar ‘fraud’ in Jaipur

CBI had arrested the accused 2 weeks back in Dehradun airport case. At Jaipur airport, where he was last posted, he allegedly siphoned off Rs 18.12 cr in similar fashion.

‘Mere negligence not a criminal offence’: Charges dropped against PNB ex-director in Nirav Modi case

Was 'humanly impossible' for ex-PNB boss to monitor each of the 7,000 branches, no criminal intent or gratification & negligence can't be equated with criminal intent, court said.

‘Strikes at core of informed consent’: Marriage voidable if marital history concealed, says Delhi HC

Four kinds of marriages are considered voidable under Hindu Marriage Act: voidable due to impotency, legal defects, defect of consent due to fraud, or pre-existing pregnancy by another spouse.

ED arrests Karnataka MLA Veerendra in multi-crore betting case. Cash, gold & luxury vehicles seized

KC Veerendra was allegedly running a massive online, offline betting racket. ED recovered Rs 12 cr in cash, gold jewellery of Rs 6 cr, 10 kg of silver articles & 4 luxury vehicles.

Why HC quashed CBI case against TN minister’s family firm that sought bank loan through ‘deception’

Case pertained to alleged fraud relating to Rs 30 cr bank loan obtained by Truedome EPC India, a group company of minister KN Nehru’s family firm.

Fugitive businesswoman accused in 2002 import-export fraud case extradited from US after 2 decades

Monika Kapoor is accused of committing fraud of Rs 1.44 cr in 1998. CBI team is returning with her to India, where she will face trial. Her brothers, also accused, were convicted in 2017.

Actress Alia Bhatt’s former assistant Vedika Shetty in custody for ’embezzling over Rs 76 lakh’

Mumbai Police has arrested Shetty for allegedly cheating the actress & embezzling money from her production company's account based on complaint filed by Alia Bhatt's mother Soni Razdan.

‘Will cooperate,’ Shivakumar alleges ‘misuse of name’ after ED summons son in Aishwarya Gowda fraud case

The Karnataka Deputy CM further said that some people who were cheated by Gowda came to him and said that she pretended to be Shivakumar's sister to siphon off money from them.

On Camera

Global economic growth to slow in 2026 as Trump’s tariffs bite, UN says

The global economy is forecast to expand 2.7% this year, down from an estimated 2.8% in 2025. Growth is expected to go back up to 2.9% by 2027.

2025: Pakistan’s deadliest year in over a decade

Islamabad-based think-tank PICSS's new report says Pakistan saw 'pronounced escalation' in violence last year, with 3,413 conflict-related deaths compared to 1,950 in previous year.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.