Wardha: The Local Crime Branch has busted a racket that allegedly used bank accounts opened in the names of citizens for online cricket betting and gambling. Six accused have been arrested so far. Police said the accused misled citizens into opening bank accounts in their names and retained the ATM cards, passbooks and cheque books…
Mumbai: A 56-year-old Powai construction supplier who lost Rs 6.6 lakh to an MGL piped gas bill fraud received the full amount after a court directed the accused, Mangaluru resident S K Shetty, to pay the victim before entertaining Shetty’s anticipatory bail plea, the police said.Between March 25 and May 12, Mumbaikars lost Rs 3…
Gurgaon: Two Nigerians, one of whom is already facing a case under the Foreigners Act, were arrested for cheating a man from Pataudi of Rs 63,500 through an online romance scam involving a fake immigration emergency.According to the police, the two accused, Kelvin Ogbu and Kingsley Emeka Ojobo, created a fake Facebook profile by the…
Kanpur: Cyber fraudsters swindled a builder of Rs 7.16 lakh in Kanpur by posing as an employee of the clinic of Padma Shri awardee neurologist Dr Sunil Pradhan and offering to facilitate an online appointment, police said on Tuesday.According to police, the victim, Abidul Arfeen, a resident of Dalelpurwa, lodged a complaint at Anwarganj police…
New Delhi: Delhi Police has registered an FIR after a steel businessman in Burari alleged that nearly Rs1.5 crore was fraudulently withdrawn from his firm’s accounts over time, suspecting his account manager of orchestrating the scam by exploiting his financial access.The complainant told police that the account manager had been handling the firm’s banking operations,…
Silchar: Hailakandi police on Saturday arrested four active members of an organised cybercrime syndicate while they were attempting to withdraw swindled funds from a bank.The accused were identified as Gourab Roy Chowdhury of Borjarpur, Jahanul Hasan Laskar of Ujankupar, Abu Jahid Laskar of Narayanpur and Mohammadur Hasan Chowdhury of Bhatisangurai in Algapur — all in…
Mapusa: A 52-year-old Ansabhat resident, Urvesh Natekar, was allegedly cheated of Rs 2.8 lakh after a scammer threatened and psychologically manipulated him into authorising online transactions.Mapusa police on Thursday registered an offence under Section 319(2) (cheating by personation) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023, following the transfer of a computer-generated FIR originally filed at…
The police recovered both the stolen smartphone and the transferred cash from the accused’s possession. Chandigarh: The IT Park police arrested a Kansal resident for allegedly stealing a shopkeeper’s mobile phone in Kishangarh and fraudulently transferring ₹40,750 from the victim’s bank account. The accused, identified as Suraj, was tracked down using technical evidence and has…
Worry for nursing students Ludhiana: Police have charged a man and his son, both from the management, with embezzling ₹1.5 crore by redirecting student fees into their personal bank accounts over a 12-year period.The suspects, Rajinder Kumar Bhatia and his son Sunny Bhatia, held senior administrative positions at the Satguru Institute of Nursing in Guru…
Pune: A 23-year-old civil engineer was arrested for stealing SIM cards from passengers’ cellphones kept for charging in waiting rooms of Pune railway station, the government railway police (GRP), Pune, said on Friday.The suspect is identified as Sanket Kulkarni, currently residing in Akurdi and originally from Dharashiv district. He is lodged in the Yerawada Central…
