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The Economic Offences Wing has arrested seven persons, including senior executives of manpower firms, in a case linked to alleged irregularities in overtime payments in Chhattisgarh State Marketing Corp Ltd (CSMCL) during the previous Congress rule, officials said. Businessman Anwar Dhebar, elder brother of Raipur's former mayor Aijaz Dhebar, was apprehended in the case in February. Anwar Dhebar is in judicial remand for his alleged involvement in multiple cases, including an alleged liquor scam, in the state. Those arrested on Monday are Neeraj Kumar Chaudhary, finance and tax consultant associated with Eagle Inter Solutions Ltd and Alert Commandos Pvt Ltd; Ajay Lohia, Director of Alert Commandos Pvt Ltd; Ajit Darandale and Amit Prabhakar Salunke, Directors of Sumit Facilities; Amit Mittal, Chairman and Director of A-to-Z Infraservices Ltd; and Rajiv Dwivedi and Sanjeev Jain, Directors of Prime One Workforce Pvt Ltd (all private manpower firms), officials said. All the accused were

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Of these, seven such individuals from MP's Indore are accused of cheating the company of approximately ₹5.72 crore

The Supreme Court on Thursday set aside the bail granted to businessman Satinder Singh Bhasin in connection with a multi-crore rupee alleged Grand Venice Mall scam in Greater Noida. A bench comprising Justices Sanjay Karol and N K Singh directed Bhasin to surrender before the jail authorities within a week. "The petitioner has not complied with the conditions of bail imposed upon him vide order dated November 6, 2019. Resultantly, the bail granted to the petitioner is cancelled. The petitioner to surrender within one week from the date of this judgment," the bench said. The top court directed that Bhasin may apply for regular bail afresh after a period of twelve months, subject to fully complying with the orders passed in the insolvency proceedings. Insolvency proceedings were invoked against Bhasin's companies under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016. "It is directed that the passport of the petitioner is not to be released by the Trial Court without the leave of this Court

The CBI has arrested Darwin Labs co-founder Ayush Varshney, one of the main accused in the Rs 20,000 crore Gain Bitcoin currency scam case, officials said on Wednesday. The agency had issued a Look Out Circular against Varshney. His attempt to flee the country on Monday triggered an alert, leading to his detention at the Mumbai airport, they said. Varshney was formally arrested on Tuesday. According to the CBI, Darwin Labs designed and developed the digital infrastructure which formed the operational backbone of the alleged fraudulent enterprise Gain Bitcoin. During the investigation, the agency detected the alleged involvement of Darwin Labs Private Limited and its co-founders -- Varshney, Sahil Baghla and Nikunj Jain, the chief capital officer and founder at Vaomi AI -- in the design, development and deployment of a cryptocurrency token known as MCAP and its associated ERC-20 smart contract. In a statement, it said that Darwin Labs allegedly played a central role in building the

The Telangana CID has arrested the former chief operating officer (COO) of Falcon Group in connection with the Rs 792 crore deposit "fraud". Vikas Kumar Sakhare, who played an active role in the offence, was arrested at his residence here on Wednesday, CID Additional Director General Charu Sinha said in a release. The case pertains to "unauthorised" collection of deposits wherein the accused "cheated" the depositors, by developing Falcon Invoice Discounting Application and created fake deals in the names of reputed MNCs, induced the depositors under the pretext of high interest rates and collected about Rs 4,215 crores from 7,056 depositors. Out of that, 4,065 people were cheated to the tune of Rs 792 crores by the Capital Protection Force Private Ltd, working under Falcon Invoice Discounting App, it said. On the complaints of victims, three cases were registered under relevant sections of BNS and the Telangana State Protection of Depositors of Financial Establishment Act, 1999 at t

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The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) has arrested a couple and their associate, who allegedly swindled more than 11,000 investors, including police officials, from across Maharashtra of over Rs 500 crore, police said on Saturday. In a coordinated action, the Thane police's EOW tracked down the accused, Sameer Narvekar, his wife Neha, and their associate Amit Palaw, in neighbouring Gujarat on Thursday, an official said. According to police, the accused established an investment company, Trade with Jazz, with its headquarters in Pune in 2019, offering a scheme that allegedly drew in more than 11,000 people, including 1,500 police personnel, from across Maharashtra. The trio allegedly lured victims with promises of a 4 per cent monthly return on stock market trading and allied ventures, the official said, adding that the firm projected monthly earnings of nearly 10 per cent to build credibility. The company abruptly shut its offices and stopped responding to investors, prompting a flood o

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What began as a promise of affordable homes under a government scheme has now turned into a major money-laundering case.