Kanpur: A joint team of Hanumant Vihar police and the Crime Branch arrested six members of a fake multi-level marketing (MLM) pyramid racket that allegedly cheated unemployed youths by luring them with job offers in Kanpur.The accused allegedly operated under the name Vin Maker Ayurveda Private Limited and called unemployed youths from various states, offering…
Noida: Four people were arrested for allegedly cheating job seekers by offering fake jobs in a private airline and collecting registration and processing fees from them, police said on Sunday.The accused are Sudesh Singh (36) and his brother Brijesh Singh (38), both from Mainpuri, Ashok Singh (24) of Trilokpuri in Delhi, and Sandeep Kumar Tiwari…
Ahmedabad: Ellisbridge police registered a cheating case against a contractual assistant professor of Gujarat Arts and Commerce College for allegedly duping students of Rs 1.3 lakh by promising jobs in the Air Force and Navy as well as selection in a state-level cricket tournament.The complaint was filed on Wednesday by a 20-year-old BCom student from…
T’puram: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI), Thiruvananthapuram, launched RBI Reelathon 2026, an awareness campaign aimed at engaging college students in the fight against cyber-enabled financial frauds.The campaign was inaugurated by director general of police, Ravada A Chandrasekhar, at a function held at the RBI office in Thiruvananthapuram. Addressing the gathering, the DGP said cyberfraud…
Rahul.R@timesofindia.comAs stricter immigration policies in traditional destinations such as the UK, Canada and Australia push job seekers towards non-English-speaking European countries, fraudsters are exploiting the shift through fake overseas recruitment schemes.Data accessed by TOI from the district crime records bureau shows that more than 70 complaints related to overseas job visa fraud were reported across…
Companies approach many engineering colleges for placement-related requests from Dec every year Pune: Placement officers across engineering colleges have tightened verification processes for companies participating in campus hiring, following a series of alleged fraudulent recruitment drives and job scams targeting their students. Institutions are conducting stricter background checks, seeking proof of company registration, client credentials…
