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Indian-American pleads guilty to telemarketing money-laundering charges

An Indian-American from Chicago has pleaded guilty to the charges of laundering money from a telemarketing scheme that defrauded elderly victims, the Department of Justice has said

Delhi passes resolution demanding CBI probe into Rs 2,500 cr 'scam'

AAP MLA Saurabh Bhardwaj initiated a discussion on the issue following which the resolution was passed

Top 10 Indian Web Series of 2020: Perfect to binge watch this weekend?

Filmmaker Hansal Mehta''s "Scam 1992: The Harshad Mehta Story" has emerged as the highest user-rated show in IMDb''s ''Top 10 Indian Web Series of 2020'' list. "Scam 1992" earned acclaim for the thrilling portrayal of stockbroker Harshad Mehta, played by Pratik Gandhi, who single-handedly took the stock market to dizzying heights, and his catastrophic downfall. The IMDb ratings are determined by users who rate films and TV shows on a 10-point scale. With a rating of 9.5 out of 10, "Scam 1992", a SonyLIV show, has also landed a spot in IMDb''s top 250 TV series of all time.

TRP manipulation case: News broadcasters urge govt to withdraw CBI probe

The News Broadcasters Association on Saturday said the speed with which the investigation was transferred to the central agency overnight raised doubts about intentions

Sanjay Shah: The unemployed trader who became a $700 million exile

Shah and his firm are central figures in the Danish Cum-Ex scandal, in which he said his company helped investors to rapidly sell shares and claim multiple refunds on dividend taxes

Trustees of PM CARES appoint SARC & Associates as auditor of fund

Opposition parties have questioned how the PM CARES Fund is being kept out of the audit purview of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG).

CBI books Frost International and its directors in Rs 3,592-crore fraud

The action has been taken on the complaint of Kanpur Zonal office of Bank of India, which alleged that the directors had worked in the guise of undertaking merchanting trade without genuine business

Forex scam: ED summons Edelweiss CEO; company denies any link to Capstone

The case pertains to violation of foreign exchange norms in transactions involving Mumbai-based Capstone Forex Private Limited

Rs 1 crore assets in gardener's possession unearthed in Odisha

The sleuths raided house of Udhab Behera working as a gardener-cum-horticultural extension worker at office of the Assistant Director, Horticulture, at Udala sub-division in Mayurbhanj district

Seven held in connection with Rs 2,600-crore UP provident fund scam

Over Rs 2,600 crore of the state power employees' provident fund (PF) was reportedly invested in the scam-hit Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Limited (DHFL).

Rs 4,000 crore PF scam: Yogi govt underwrites 'illegal' investment in DHFL

The state has started the process of disinvesting the PF corpus in LIC Housing Finance and PNB Housing Finance

UP provident fund scam: PF trusts bent rules to invest Rs 4,122 cr in DHFL

99% of corpus of UP power employees' PF trusts invested in DHFL, PNB Housing, and LIC Housing

Cyber fraud: Here's how you can save yourself from getting scammed online

Install verified apps to reduce the probability of falling prey to cyber crimes

Everybody loves a good scam

In some cases, prevention is not better than cure; it may be better to punish bad actors than prevent both good and bad acts

US charges 61 in India-based call center fraud racket

The scam, which had operated since 2013, targeted at least 15,000 people who lost more than $300 million

Your 'like' on Facebook is being used by scam artists: Report

Like or share status on a picture or a link propels it to the top of news feeds, so that popular posts appear prominently

DRI unearths over Rs 1,000 crore scam in rice export

Instead of the consignment reaching Iranian shores, it would be diverted mid-sea to Dubai allegedly with the connivance of cargo ship operators carrying the goods