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Centre Plans Nationwide Crackdown on Fake Paneer and Khoya

New Delhi: Alarmed by the growing circulation of adulterated milk products across the country, the Union government has begun preparations for a nationwide enforcement drive aimed at curbing the manufacture and sale of fake paneer, khoya and other contaminated dairy...

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Gujarat ACB Traps CID Officers in ₹30 Lakh Bribery Case

Gandhinagar: A roadside meeting near Gujarat’s capital turned into an anti-corruption sting after officials caught a CID Crime constable accepting ₹30 lakh in cash, allegedly demanded as a bribe to derail a criminal investigation. The Gujarat Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) arrested...

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Supreme Court Shields Shreyas Talpade, Alok Nath in Coop Fraud Case

New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s decision to grant interim protection from arrest to actors Shreyas Talpade and Alok Nath in a cooperative society fraud case has brought back a complex legal debate — how far does celebrity association translate into...

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Odisha Police Bust ₹3.48-Crore Fake Government Jobs Scam

Bhubaneswar: What appeared for years to be a legitimate government recruitment drive has now been exposed as a large-scale interstate fraud that preyed on unemployment and siphoned off crores of rupees from jobseekers across India. Odisha Police’s Economic Offences Wing...

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Man Arrested for Faking Death to Claim Insurance in Latur

Latur: What initially appeared to be a tragic car fire on a deserted road in Maharashtra has turned into a chilling case of deception, financial distress, and cold-blooded murder. Late one night in December, police in Latur district were alerted...

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Browser Extensions Found Harvesting AI Chatbot Conversations

A browser extension long promoted as a privacy-enhancing tool has been found quietly collecting millions of private conversations between users and popular artificial intelligence chatbots, triggering fresh concerns about consent, transparency, and oversight in the browser extension ecosystem. Cybersecurity researchers...

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Coupang CEO Resigns After 33.7 Million-User Data Breach

South Korea’s largest e-commerce company, Coupang, is facing one of the most serious corporate crises in its history after a massive data breach involving 33.7 million users triggered police raids, political scrutiny, and the resignation of its chief executive officer....

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IndiGo Seeks ₹900 Crore Customs Duty Refund in Delhi HC

New Delhi | December 13, 2025: India’s largest airline, IndiGo, has approached the Delhi High Court seeking a refund exceeding ₹900 crore, alleging that customs authorities unlawfully imposed double taxation on aircraft engines and components re-imported into India after overseas...

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The Rise and Fall of IAS Pradeep Shukla in NRHM Scam

New Delhi: Once regarded as one of Uttar Pradesh’s most brilliant and uncompromising bureaucrats, IAS officer Pradeep Shukla’s name is today inseparable from one of India’s most infamous administrative scandals. A 1981-batch IAS officer who secured All India Rank 1...

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ED Raids 40 Locations in ISIS-Linked Terror Financing Case

Mumbai / New Delhi: The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has intensified its crackdown on terror financing networks after carrying out coordinated search operations at 40 locations across multiple states in connection with an ISIS-linked extremist module. The searches, conducted on...

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ED Restores ₹40 Crore to Indian Bank in Saravana Stores Case

Chennai / New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has restored immovable properties worth ₹40 crore to Indian Bank in connection with its money laundering investigation against M/s Saravana Stores (Gold Palace) and its partners. The restitution was carried out following...

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CBI Court Jails Four in ₹3-Crore Bank of Baroda Fraud

CBI Court Ahmedabad Sentences Four in ₹3-Crore Bank Fraud Case

Ahmedabad: A special court of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) in Ahmedabad has sentenced four individuals to three years of rigorous imprisonment in a bank fraud case involving a loss of more than ₹3 crore to Bank of Baroda....

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CBI Charges 17 Accused in ₹1,000-Crore Transnational Cyber Fraud Case

New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a detailed chargesheet against 17 individuals - including four foreign nationals - and 58 corporate entities in what officials describe as one of India’s most complex and expansive transnational cyber...

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ED to Close Pending FERA Cases by Early 2026

ED Plans Closure of FERA Cases by 2026, Ending 25-Year Probes

New Delhi: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is preparing to formally close one of the longest-running chapters in India’s economic enforcement history. The agency has set an internal target of early 2026 to conclude hundreds of cases registered under the now-repealed...

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Fake QR Code Scams Target UPI Users, Experts Warn

Fake QR Codes Pose New Threat to UPI Users in India

New Delhi: As UPI payments continue to replace cash across India, cybersecurity experts are flagging a new and rapidly spreading threat — fake QR codes designed to deceive users into handing over their money and personal data within seconds. Unlike...

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Jaguar Land Rover Confirms Payroll Data Theft After Cyber Attack

LONDON: Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has confirmed that a cyber attack earlier this year resulted in the unauthorised access and theft of payroll-related data belonging to thousands of its current and former employees, escalating concerns over identity theft and financial...

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GPS Spoofing at Indian Airports Raises Aviation Safety Alarm

Rising GPS Interference at Indian Airports Sparks Safety Concerns: IATA

New Delhi/Geneva: The International Air Transport Association (IATA) has raised serious concerns over the rising number of GPS spoofing and jamming incidents worldwide, with a noticeable spike reported across several major Indian airports. The global airline body warned that increasing...

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Delhi Police Bust ₹5.24 Crore Cyber Money Laundering Racket, 9 Arrested

Delhi Police Bust ₹5.24 Crore Cyber Money Laundering Racket, 9 Arrested

New Delhi: The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of Delhi Police has dismantled a well-organised cybercrime syndicate involved in large-scale money laundering, exposing suspicious transactions worth ₹5.24 crore. Nine individuals have been arrested after investigators found that more...

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Sirohi Medical College Principal Arrested by ACB in Jaipur

ACB Arrests Sirohi Medical College Principal for ₹50,000 Bribe in Jaipur

Jaipur | December 12, 2025: The Rajasthan Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) on Wednesday arrested Dr. Shravan Meena, Principal of Bhimrao Ambedkar Government Medical College, Sirohi, after catching him red-handed while accepting a bribe of ₹50,000. The arrest was carried out by...

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CBI Court Patna Convicts Engineer, Transporter in Bihar Bitumen Scam

CBI Court Patna Convicts Former Executive Engineer, Transporter in Bitumen Scam

Patna | December 11, 2025: The CBI Court in Patna has convicted and sentenced two accused in a long-pending Bitumen scam case involving misappropriation of government material during road construction works in Bihar in the 1990s. The verdict brings closure...

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CBI Uncovers ₹1000 Crore Cross-Border Covid Crypto Fraud Network

New Delhi | December 12, 2025: During the uncertainty and isolation of India’s Covid-19 lockdown, an elaborate cryptocurrency investment scheme quietly expanded across the country, promising quick returns and digital prosperity. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) now says the...

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CBI Court Sentences Former Village Head, Ration Dealer in SGRY Scam

CBI Court Sentences Former Village Head, Ration Dealer in SGRY Scam

LUCKNOW | December 12, 2025: A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court in Lucknow has sentenced a former village head and a fair price shopkeeper to ten years of rigorous imprisonment for defrauding the government of over ₹1 crore...

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Noida STF Arrests Man Using Fake Identities to Defraud Women

Noida STF Arrests Man Posing as Officials to Defraud Women

GREATER NOIDA | December 12, 2025: A man accused of posing as senior government and military officials to lure women into relationships and allegedly extract crores of rupees has been arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) in Greater Noida....

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Tax Probe Triggers 20% Crash in Refex Industries

Tax Probe Triggers 20% Crash in Refex Industries Stock

New Delhi | December 12, 2025: Investors were jolted on Friday after shares of Refex Industries, once hailed as a multibagger, crashed 20 percent to ₹254.90, marking their lowest level since August 2024. The sharp decline followed Income Tax Department...

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6,700 Indians Rescued from Cybercrime Scam Centres in Southeast Asia

New Delhi | December 12, 2025: The Government of India has confirmed that more than 6,700 Indian nationals trapped inside cybercrime scam centres across Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar have been rescued so far. The disclosure was made by the Ministry...

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STF Busts Fake Aadhaar Racket, Mastermind Arrested

STF Nabs Mastermind Pramod Nishad in Fake Aadhaar Racket

Bahraich | December 12, 2025: The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has busted a major fake Aadhaar card racket operating along the India–Nepal border and arrested its alleged mastermind, Pramod Kumar Nishad. Officials said the accused was caught while...

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Agra Police Arrest Crypto MLM Fraud Mastermind

Agra Police Arrest Mastermind Behind Crypto MLM Fraud Targeting 1,500 Investors

Agra | December 12, 2025: Amid a surge in cyber-enabled investment scams in Uttar Pradesh, Agra Cyber Police have cracked down on a large-scale fraud operation built around a fake cryptocurrency and a multi-level marketing (MLM) network. The syndicate allegedly...

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Delhi Police Trace Fraud Malware Supply Chain to Jamtara Developer

Delhi Police Trace Fraud Malware Supply Chain to Jamtara Developer

New Delhi | December 12, 2025: What initially appeared to be a routine case of phone-based impersonation fraud has led Delhi Police to uncover a deeper layer of India’s cybercrime ecosystem - the developers who supply the digital tools enabling...

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CBI Busts Cross-Border Cyber Fraud Network Targeting US Nationals

CBI Busts Cross-Border Cyber Fraud Network Targeting US Nationals

Noida | December 12, 2025: In a major crackdown on transnational cybercrime, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has dismantled a sophisticated cross-border fraud network operating out of Noida that allegedly cheated American citizens of USD 8.5 million (approximately ₹71...

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Mathura Police Detain 42 in Major Cybercrime Crackdown at Devseras Village

Mathura Police Detain 42 in Major Cybercrime Crackdown at Devseras Village

Mathura | December 12, 2025: In one of the largest cybercrime enforcement actions in western Uttar Pradesh, Mathura Police detained 42 individuals during a coordinated pre-dawn crackdown on Devseras village, an area increasingly identified by investigators as a hub for...

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Operation CyHawk 2.0: 1,100 Arrested, ₹944 Crore Cyber Fraud Traced

Delhi Police Arrests 1,100+ in Operation CyHawk 2.0, ₹944 Crore Cyber Fraud Traced

New Delhi | December 13, 2025: In one of the most extensive cybercrime crackdowns undertaken in recent years, the Delhi Police has arrested more than 1,100 individuals and traced ₹944 crore linked to digital fraud operations under Operation CyHawk 2.0....

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ED Attaches ₹117.41 Crore Assets of Probo Media Technologies in Online Gambling Case

The Enforcement Directorate’s Gurugram Zonal Office has provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth ₹117.41 crore belonging to M/s Probo Media Technologies Pvt. Ltd. under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. The action forms part of an ongoing investigation...

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Income Tax Raid at Banda Urban Cooperative Bank

Income Tax Raid at Banda Urban Cooperative Bank Uncovers Irregular Multi-Crore Transactions

A late-evening raid by a nine-member Income Tax team from Kanpur at the Banda Urban Cooperative Bank has brought serious financial irregularities to light, raising concerns about unexplained multi-crore transactions and possible tax evasion. The operation, carried out under tight...

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ICICI Bank, Vodafone Idea Fined in SIM Swap Fraud

ICICI Bank, Vodafone Idea Fined ₹1.19 Crore for Lapses Enabling SIM-Swap Cyber Fraud

In a significant ruling exposing critical weaknesses in India’s digital security framework, the Adjudicating Officer of Gujarat has imposed penalties totalling ₹1.19 crore on ICICI Bank and Vodafone Idea Limited after finding both institutions negligent in a SIM-swap fraud that...

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CBI Court Patna Convicts Engineer in Bitumen Scam

CBI Court Patna Convicts Former Executive Engineer, Transporter in Bitumen Scam Case

A special CBI court in Patna has brought closure to a corruption case dating back nearly three decades, convicting a former executive engineer of Bihar’s Road Construction Department and a private transporter for misappropriating government-owned bitumen during road works in...

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CBI Exposes ₹1,000 Cr Covid Crypto Fraud Network

CBI Uncovers ₹1,000 Crore Cross-Border Covid Crypto Fraud Network, Chinese Nationals Detained

During the isolation and economic uncertainty of India’s Covid-19 lockdown, an elaborate cryptocurrency investment scheme quietly gained traction, promising easy profits through digital assets. What appeared to many as a timely financial opportunity has now been exposed as a sophisticated...

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Online Gaming Firms Earned Crores Through ₹10 Games, Evaded GST: DGGI

India’s fast-growing online gaming ecosystem is under intense scrutiny after the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) uncovered a large-scale tax evasion operation involving low-cost mobile games. According to investigators, three online gaming firms based in Gautam Buddh Nagar and...

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CBI Busts Global Network Behind Digital Arrest Scams

CBI Uncovers Transnational Network Behind Digital Arrest Cyber Frauds

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has uncovered a sophisticated transnational cybercrime network operating behind the rapidly growing menace of “Digital Arrest” frauds, filing a chargesheet against 13 accused under its nationwide Operation Chakra-V. The case, registered suo motu by...

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MeitY Seeks Apple Reply Over New Spyware Alerts

MeitY Issues Notice to Apple After New Mercenary Spyware Alerts

The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has issued a formal notice to Apple after the technology giant sent a fresh round of “mercenary spyware” threat notifications to multiple users in India. Officials familiar with the matter said the...

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ED Attaches ₹17.91 Crore in Pearlvine Ponzi Case

ED Attaches ₹17.91 Crore Assets in Pearlvine International Ponzi Scheme Case

The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth ₹17.91 crore in connection with the Pearlvine International online investment fraud, a sprawling Ponzi scheme that allegedly duped lakhs of investors across India. The action was taken by the ED’s...

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Railways Blocks 3.02 Crore Fake IDs in Major Ticketing Cleanup

Indian Railways has undertaken one of its largest digital clean-up exercises by blocking 3.02 crore fake and suspicious user IDs created for fraudulent ticket bookings. The move, implemented since January 2025, is aimed at dismantling long-standing networks of ticket touts...

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ED Seizes ₹54.82 Cr from Reliance Infra in FEMA Probe

ED Seizes ₹54.82 Crore from Reliance Infrastructure in FEMA Violation Probe

The Enforcement Directorate has seized ₹54.82 crore belonging to Reliance Infrastructure Limited after uncovering alleged violations of the Foreign Exchange Management Act. Officials said the assets—spread across 13 bank accounts—were frozen following evidence that project funds meant for national highway...

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ACB Probes IAS Vinay Choubey’s Foreign Trip Funding

Ten Foreign Trips And Third-Party Payments: ACB Probes IAS Officer Vinay Choubey

Jharkhand’s Anti-Corruption Bureau has expanded its inquiry into suspended IAS officer Vinay Choubey after uncovering unusual financial patterns linked to 10 foreign trips undertaken by his family between 2017 and 2024. Investigators expected to trace conventional indicators of disproportionate assets...

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Ex-IPS Amitabh Thakur Arrested in Deoria Fraud

Former IPS Officer Amitabh Thakur Arrested by UP STF in Deoria Land Fraud Probe

Former IPS officer and Azad Adhikar Sena chief Amitabh Thakur was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force on Wednesday while travelling from Lucknow to Delhi. Officials stated that the action was taken due to his alleged non-cooperation in...

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TTD ₹54 Cr Silk Dupatta Scam Deepens

TTD Scandal Deepens: Silk Dupatta Scam of ₹54 Crore Triggers Parallel Probe

A series of internal scandals has shaken the Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanam (TTD), India’s wealthiest temple institution, exposing systemic vulnerabilities in treasury operations, food preparation oversight, and procurement processes. What began with a theft incident in 2023 has now expanded into...

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