Detained at the Checkpost: How One Missed Field Cost a Transporter His Entire Shipment It was around 6:30 in the morning when Rajesh received the call every transporter hopes never comes. “Sir, truck checkpost par rok diya hai.” The truck had left Ahmedabad the previous evening and was ...
Gold Appraiser Arrested Over Alleged Fake Pledge Loan Fraud at Kochi Cooperative Society Police in Kerala's Kochi have arrested a 44-year-old gold appraiser in connection with an alleged loan fraud at a cooperative society. The accused allegedly misused his official position to create rec...
Fake L&T Manager Offers Cheap Diesel, Churu Man Falls Into Cyber Fraud Trap A 29-year-old man in Rajasthan's Churu district was allegedly cheated of ₹1.73 lakh after a cyber fraudster posed as an L&T manager and promised to provide diesel at a price lower than the market rate...
Fake Gas Bill Fraud Becomes Rising Cyber Concern After 30 Ghaziabad Consumers Duped A new method of cyber fraud involving gas connections and bill updates has emerged in Ghaziabad, where around 30 consumers with piped natural gas (PNG) connections have allegedly fallen victim to cybe...
Railway TTE Shared OTPs for 'Loan Waiver', Then Found ₹52.29 Lakh Debt: A Warning for Every Borrower A railway Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) has allegedly been cheated of ₹52.29 lakh on the promise of getting his home loan waived, in a case that has surfaced in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Police hav...
Dating App Trap in Lucknow: Railway Aspirant Allegedly Drugged, Assaulted and Extorted Bazaar Khala police in Lucknow have busted a suspected gang allegedly targeting people arriving in the city from outside, using dating apps to lure, blackmail, and extort them. Eight people have been ...
US Moves to Let Private Firms Hack Foreign Cybercriminal Networks The United States is preparing to allow selected private companies to conduct offensive cyber operations against foreign cybercriminal groups, under a new policy that would permit government-approved ...
Meerut Sub-Inspector Suspended Over Social Media Video, Cyber Cell Begins Probe A woman sub-inspector posted at the Meerut police lines has been suspended after an allegedly objectionable video shared on social media raised concerns over compliance with the Uttar Pradesh Police's...
CBI Probes ₹7 Crore Bonus Claim in South Central Railway Bribery Case The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a senior section engineer of South Central Railway in Vijayawada while he was allegedly accepting a ₹15 lakh bribe from a contractor. A private individ...
Gujarat Police Uncover Fake Pilgrimage Booking Network Affecting Nearly 22,000 People Gujarat Police have uncovered an alleged online pilgrimage booking fraud in which 21,985 people across the country were targeted through deceptive websites posing as official accommodation booking pla...
ED Summons Punjab-Cadre IAS Officer in Suntec City Land-Use Probe The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Punjab-cadre IAS officer Kanwal Preet Brar for questioning on August 18, in connection with its money-laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in t...
'Suraksha Ka Tiranga' Launched as Telangana Targets Investment Scams Driving 60% of Cybercrime Losses Stock trading and business investment frauds are behind nearly 60% of all financial losses suffered by cybercrime victims in Telangana, according to the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB). The fi...
