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Topic: fraud

‘Shame, societal pressures’ — why independent women fall for conmen offering ‘love, companionship’

In most cases, women are left to deal with the consequences with no legal recourse available and very little help from society. Meanwhile, the conmen go on to swindle multiple women.

VHP files complaint against alleged racket defrauding people in the name of Ram Mandir donations

Vishva Hindu Parishad spokesperson has issued a video message, claiming they had been informed about the racket trying to loot devotees.

Delhi Police EOW arrests retired JNU employee for ‘duping 13 professors of Rs 11 crore over 10 yrs’

PD Gaikwad, 63, allegedly defrauded JNU & IIT professors on pretext of providing affordable housing through project under DDA.

How 2 men from UP added ‘Yogi’ to their names & made lakhs ‘duping people including BJP office-bearer’

Harsh Chauhan and Kedar Nath officially changed their names to ‘Yogi Harsh’ & ‘Yogi Kedar Nath’ last year. Then they registered their 'Yogi Corporation of India' on a govt portal.

Former US President Donald Trump to testify in civil fraud case today

Trump & his co-defendants have been accused of inflating assets repeatedly on financial statements to get better terms on commercial real estate loans and insurance policies.

Hindutva activist Chaitra Kundapura under probe for more — ‘anti-Muslim’ rants, ‘insulting Tuluva heroes’

Bengaluru Police arrested Kundapura last week for allegedly duping a BJP functionary of Rs 5 crore while promising him a ticket to contest the May Karnataka assembly polls.

‘Tiger skin to CBI impersonation’, a social activist was ‘nearly’ duped. Then started asking questions

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.

Arms deals to vintage cars — colourful story of Choudhrie clan, ‘Rolls-Royce middlemen’ in CBI case

From 2007-16, the family faced several charges — getting over $100 mn from Russian arms firms to Rolls-Royce making 'secret payments'. Bhanu Choudhrie was named in 2021 Pandora Papers case.

Why some Australian universities are rejecting applications of students from 5 Indian states

Certain universities are no longer processing applications coming from Punjab, Haryana, Uttarakhand, UP, Gujarat and J&K citing ‘fraudulent documents’, high dropout rates as reasons.

BYJU’s founder to appear before NCPCR as it probes claims of ‘parents lured to buy courses’

BYJU’s founder Raveendran has been asked to appear before apex child rights body with details of courses, fees, number of students, refund policy and relevant legal documents. 

On Camera

Postcards from Hyderabad—stories Europeans told about the city

For all their colonial underpinnings, postcards from Hyderabad also inadvertently preserve a trace of local memory: a glimpse of a street, a face, a forgotten name.

Navigating Trump’s tariffs is no child’s play. Indian toymakers are losing out on orders, enquiries

Indian toymakers are now exploring new markets, but they want govt to negotiate a trade deal with US soon, introduce incentives and subsidies to make the industry more competitive.

What is Project Sudarshan Chakra, announced by Modi from ramparts of Red Fort

The project is meant to be a ‘protective shield that will keep expanding’, the PM said. It is on the lines of the ‘Golden Dome’ announced by Trump, it is learnt.

War of IAF, PAF doctrines: As Pakistan obsesses over numbers, India embraces risk, wins

Now that both IAF and PAF have made formal claims of having shot down the other’s aircraft in the 87-hour war in May, we can ask a larger question: do such numbers really matter?