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Rajasthan Police Decoy Operation Exposes Sand Mining Nexus

Rajasthan Police Decoy Operation Exposes Collusion With Illegal Sand Mining Syndicates In a rare act of institutional self-scrutiny, the Rajasthan Police has carried out a statewide decoy operation that laid bare a long-suspected but seldom proven truth: sections of the...

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Why Millions of WhatsApp Accounts Are Banned in India Every Month

Millions of WhatsApp Accounts Vanish in India Each Month, Raising Questions Beyond Fraud Every month, an invisible reset button is pressed across India’s digital landscape. Millions of WhatsApp accounts simply stop working—cut off, disabled, erased. Officially, they are flagged for...

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Teenagers Targeted in Money Muling Scams via Social Media

Teenagers Pulled Into Money Muling Rings as ‘Easy Cash’ Ads Blur Line Between Hustle and Crime What begins as a harmless scroll through social media is increasingly turning into an entry point to organised financial crime for teenagers—many of whom...

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ED Busts Crypto Investment Fraud Network Operating Since 2015

ED Busts Crypto Investment Fraud Network Operating Since 2015

ED Uncovers Long-Running Crypto Investment Network Spanning States and Borders A coordinated series of searches by the Enforcement Directorate has brought to light a sprawling cryptocurrency-linked fraud network that investigators say operated quietly for nearly a decade, disguising financial deception...

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Chinese State Hackers Access UK Visa Data

UK Visa Records Breached in State-Linked Cyber Intrusion, Raising Fears Over Data Safety Confidential visa records held within the UK government were accessed without authorisation in a cyber intrusion now linked to a Chinese state-backed hacking group, intensifying concerns over...

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Inquiry Launched Over Discrepancies in Jhajjar TB Vaccination Data

Vaccines on Paper, Absence on Ground: Jhajjar Inquiry Exposes Gaps in Public Health Records In several neighbourhoods of Bahadurgarh, official health records suggest a public health success story: tuberculosis prevention targets met, vaccination coverage completed, funds duly utilised. Yet for...

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GST Invoice Network Used Shell Firms to Claim Fake Tax Credits

GST Invoices Without Goods: How a Paper Network Turned Tax Credits Into Cash When officers of the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) in Visakhapatnam began examining a cluster of unusually aligned input tax credit claims, the initial suspicion was...

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Advanced Android Malware Exploits SMS and Messaging Apps

How Everyday Android Habits Became a Gateway for a $2 Million Cyber Heist By late 2025, cybersecurity analysts monitoring Android threats across Central Asia noticed something troubling—not a spike in sophisticated zero-day exploits, but the quiet efficiency with which routine...

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Deloitte AI Errors Raise Questions on Trust in Government Consulting

When AI Hallucinations Hit Government Policy, Even Big Four Credibility Is at Stake In the global rush to embed artificial intelligence into government decision-making, a hard lesson is emerging: speed without verification can quietly erode the very trust institutions are...

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Serving Lieutenant Colonel Arrested by CBI in Defence Corruption Case

CBI Arrests Serving Army Officer in Defence Bribery Case, Cash Seized Across Multiple Locations The arrest of a serving Lieutenant Colonel by the Central Bureau of Investigation has sent a sharp signal through India’s defence establishment, underlining the heightened scrutiny...

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Union Government Seeks Action Report on UP Crop Insurance Scam

Centre Seeks Detailed Report as UP Crop Insurance Scam Triggers Disciplinary Alarm The widening exposure of irregularities under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana and the Restructured Weather-Based Crop Insurance Scheme in Uttar Pradesh has pushed the Union government into...

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India Faces Massive Credential Leak, Cyber Police Issue Alert

Cyber Police Warn of Massive Credential Exposure as 68 Crore Email Passwords Surface Online An advisory issued by Madhya Pradesh’s cyber police has thrown a stark light on the scale of India’s digital exposure, warning that email IDs and passwords...

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Airline Customer-Service Impersonation Scams Target Travellers

Airline Helpline Impersonation Scams Surge in the US as Fraudsters Exploit Travel Stress What should have been a routine call to an airline helpline turned into an expensive lesson in modern fraud for one US traveller—illustrating how customer-service impersonation scams...

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CAG Flags Irregularities in State Bank of Sikkim Hiring

Audit Flags Irregularities in State Bank of Sikkim Recruitment, Raises Questions on Fairness A recent performance audit by India’s national auditor has cast a critical eye on a recruitment exercise carried out by the State Bank of Sikkim, pointing to...

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Gorakhpur IT Searches Expose Massive Tax Evasion Network

Income Tax Raids in Gorakhpur Expose Suspected ₹500-Crore Evasion Network Across Business Groups A coordinated, five-day search operation by the Income Tax Department across the Gorakhpur division of Uttar Pradesh has uncovered what officials describe as compelling evidence of large-scale...

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ED Seizes Properties of Ex-Minister in Valmiki Corporation Case

ED Attaches ₹8-Crore Properties of Former Karnataka Minister in Valmiki Corporation Probe The Enforcement Directorate’s Bengaluru zonal office has provisionally attached immovable properties valued at approximately ₹8.07 crore belonging to former Karnataka minister and sitting MLA B Nagendra, as part...

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ED Seizes Vatika, Unitech Assets in Ramprastha Money Laundering Probe

ED Attaches ₹80-Crore Assets Linked to Vatika, Unitech in Ramprastha Homebuyers Probe A widening money-laundering investigation into alleged homebuyers fraud by Gurugram-based Ramprastha Group has drawn in some of India’s most prominent real estate names, after the Enforcement Directorate moved...

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CBI Court Convicts Former DRDA Officer in ₹1-Crore SGRY Scam

CBI Court Convicts Former DRDA Finance Officer in ₹1-Crore SGRY Misappropriation Case A long-running investigation into the misuse of rural employment funds in eastern Uttar Pradesh reached its conclusion this week, as a special CBI court in Lucknow sentenced three...

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Kajaria Ceramics Faces Scrutiny After ₹20-Crore Internal Fraud

Kajaria Ceramics Faces Governance Questions After ₹20-Crore Fraud Surfaces at Group Subsidiary A disclosure involving alleged financial misconduct at a wholly owned subsidiary has brought Kajaria Ceramics into sharp focus, unsettling investors and raising wider questions about internal oversight at...

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Fake Degree Racket Busted in Lucknow, Thousands Under Scanner

Fake Degrees for Sale: Inside a Lucknow Network That Monetised Academic Credentials In a quiet commercial pocket of Lucknow, investigators say a shadow industry had been operating for years—one that turned academic qualifications into tradable commodities and blurred the line...

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Bundelkhand Crop Insurance Data Raises Alarms Over Inflated Land Coverage

Major Irregularities in Crop Insurance Scheme in Bundelkhand: Insurance Taken on Land Four Times Larger Than Village Area Discrepancies between land records and crop insurance data in parts of Bundelkhand are drawing growing concern, after official figures suggested that insurance...

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Senior Samtrade FX Executives Charged with Fraud in Singapore

Senior Samtrade FX Executives Charged in Singapore Trading and Money Laundering Case Singapore’s financial sector has been shaken by a major enforcement action after three senior executives of online trading platform Samtrade FX were formally charged with fraud and money...

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Russia to Sue European Banks Over Frozen Central Bank Assets

Moscow Rattled by Frozen Assets as Russia’s Central Bank Prepares Lawsuits Against European Banks Moscow’s standoff with the European Union over frozen Russian financial assets is edging closer to a direct legal confrontation, as Russia’s central bank signalled plans to...

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Mahoba Crop Insurance Scam: Seven Arrested, CSC Operator Held

Mahoba Crop Insurance Scam: Seven Arrested, CSC Operator Among Accused Mahoba police have arrested seven more individuals, including a Common Service Centre (CSC) operator, in connection with a multi-crore crop insurance scam under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana. Investigators...

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Fake Land Records Used to Claim Crop Insurance in Jhansi

Fake Land Records Used to Claim Crop Insurance, ₹4.26 Crore Fraud Under Probe in Bundelkhand Jhansi has emerged as the centre of a major crop insurance fraud after investigators uncovered large-scale manipulation of land records under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal...

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Udaipur Court Denies Bail to Vikram Bhatt in ₹30 Crore Fraud Case

Udaipur Court Denies Bail to Vikram Bhatt and Wife in ₹30 Crore Fraud Case A Udaipur court on Friday rejected the bail plea of Bollywood film director Vikram Bhatt and his wife Shwetambari Bhatt in a ₹30 crore fraud case,...

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Fake Vistara Job Offer Scam Busted, Key Accused Held

Delhi Police Expose Fake Vistara Job Scam, Key Accused Arrested A WhatsApp profile bearing the Vistara logo, a forged letter of intent and a carefully planned payment trail formed the backbone of a job scam that Delhi Police say reflects...

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ED Seizes 169 Properties in PACL Investment Fraud Probe

ED Attaches 169 Properties Worth ₹3,436 Crore in PACL Investment Fraud Case Nearly a decade after one of India’s largest alleged investment frauds first came under regulatory scrutiny, the Enforcement Directorate has moved to secure hundreds of properties linked to...

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Lawyer Arrested for ₹60-Lakh Fraud Using Dead Man’s Identity

Declared Dead in 1993, He Sold Land in 2015: Inside a ₹60-Lakh Identity Fraud In December 2015, a man identifying himself as Om Prakash walked into an Axis Bank branch in Palam Vihar, Gurgaon, and opened a savings account using...

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Nine Arrested as Delhi Police Crack Interstate Cyber Fraud Syndicate

Delhi Police Crack Interstate Cyber Fraud Syndicate, Nine Arrested in ₹16-Crore Investment Scam The Delhi Police have dismantled a major interstate cyber fraud syndicate involved in an investment scam exceeding ₹16 crore, arresting nine accused in a coordinated operation spanning...

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Cyber Fraud Surges in Bihar, Students and Families Targeted

Bihar Emerges as Major Cyber Fraud Hotspot, Cybersecurity Firm Warns Bihar has emerged as one of India’s most vulnerable regions for cyber fraud, with a sharp increase in online scams targeting families, students and job-seeking youth, according to a new...

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FBI Uncovers 630 Million Stolen Passwords, Cybersecurity Alarm

FBI Uncovers Massive Password Breach, 630 Million Stolen Credentials Trigger Global Alarm In one of the most serious cybersecurity revelations in recent years, the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has confirmed the recovery of more than 630 million stolen...

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From ‘Mini Jamtara’ to NCR Mansions: Inside a Cyber Fraud Empire

From ‘Mini Jamtara’ to NCR Mansions: Inside a Cyber Fraud Empire

From UP’s ‘Mini Jamtara’ to NCR Mansions: How Cyber Fraud Syndicates Built an Empire Beyond Borders What began as small-time cyber fraud in a cluster of villages in Uttar Pradesh’s Mathura district has evolved into a sophisticated, transnational criminal enterprise,...

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32 Arrested as Agra Police Expose International Cyber Fraud Network

32 Arrested as Agra Police Expose International Cyber Fraud Network

Police Turn Con Artists to Trap Cyber Gang, 32 Arrested in Two-Month Undercover Operation Agra Police have dismantled a highly organised international cyber fraud syndicate after a two-month undercover operation that saw officers pose as cyber criminals to infiltrate the...

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UK MPs Debate Weakening Encryption, Raising Privacy Concerns

UK Parliament Pushes to Weaken Encryption on Apps and VPNs, Privacy Concerns Deepen As the United Kingdom tightens its national security and online safety framework, a growing divide has emerged between lawmakers who see encryption as a barrier to policing...

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What Happens to Your AI Prompts After You Hit Enter?

‘Spilling the Beans’: What Really Happens to Your AI Prompts After You Hit Enter What begins as a simple search for privacy can quietly turn into something else entirely. A free VPN extension promoted as a security tool on Google’s...

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Noida Cyber Crime Police Expose Fake Accounts and Digital Scams

Noida Cyber Crime Police Bust Online Fraud Gang Using Fake Accounts and Digital Scams A coordinated crackdown by the Cyber Crime Police Station in Noida has exposed an organised online fraud network that relied on fake bank accounts, forged identities...

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Vikram Bhatt And Wife Sent To Judicial Custody In Film Fraud Case

Vikram Bhatt And Wife Sent To Judicial Custody In ₹30-Crore Film Fraud Case A stalled biographical film project and disputed financial commitments have brought filmmaker Vikram Bhatt and his wife Shwetambari under sustained legal scrutiny, after a court denied them...

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UP PMFBY Scam: Insurance Claimed on Ineligible Land

UP PMFBY Scam: Insurance Claimed on Ineligible Land

Lucknow: A major fraud has surfaced under the Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme in Uttar Pradesh’s Bundelkhand region, revealing how weak verification and monitoring allowed insurance claims to be raised on ineligible land. Investigations have found that policies were issued...

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SC Warns Banks on Cyber Fraud Lapses, Calls It Service Deficiency

SC Warns Banks on Cyber Fraud Lapses, Calls It Service Deficiency

New Delhi: The Supreme Court has raised serious concern over the growing scale of digital arrest scams, cyber fraud and online financial crimes, sharply questioning the role of banks and regulators in preventing such offences. The court indicated that any...

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Delhi Police Crack Down on Mule Accounts in Cyber Fraud

Delhi Police Crack Down on Mule Accounts in Cyber Fraud

New Delhi: In a significant action against organised cybercrime, Delhi Police have arrested eight individuals in two separate cases for allegedly supplying mule bank accounts and corporate bank accounts to cyber fraud syndicates. Police officials said these accounts were used...

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Operation Mule Hunt Exposes Mule Accounts Across Gujarat | Shunyatax Global

Operation Mule Hunt Exposes Mule Accounts Across Gujarat | Shunyatax Global

Jamnagar, Gujarat: Gujarat Police ne cyber fraud se jude illegal paiso ke flow ko todne ke liye Operation Mule Hunt ke tahat apni action drive tez kar di hai. Ab tak Jamnagar district me 22 FIR darj ho chuki hain,...

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Hyderabad Police Uncover ₹516-Crore Deposit Scam

Hyderabad: What began as a community-backed promise of steady returns has unravelled into one of the largest deposit fraud investigations in Hyderabad, with police tracing deposits worth nearly ₹516 crore collected from more than 4,000 investors. The case revolves around...

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ED Arrests Saumya Chaurasia in Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam

ED Arrests Saumya Chaurasia in Chhattisgarh Liquor Scam

Chhattisgarh: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday arrested Saumya Chaurasia, a former deputy secretary to ex–Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel, deepening a high-profile investigation into an alleged liquor scam that investigators say involved financial irregularities exceeding ₹3,200 crore. The arrest...

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Supreme Court Grants Bail to DHFL Promoters

New Delhi: In a significant reaffirmation of constitutional safeguards, the Supreme Court on Wednesday granted bail to Dewan Housing Finance Limited (DHFL) promoters Kapil and Dheeraj Wadhawan, holding that incarceration extending beyond five years without the start of trial violates...

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