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How a Gurgaon man paid ₹20,000 for a Thailand dream but instead woke up in a jungle guarded by gunsHe was a 21-year-old Gurgaon student who just wanted a job. A Telegram message promised ₹80,000 a month in Thailand. Instead, he crossed ju...23 Apr, 2026, 11.25 AM IST- Bollywood's glitz, $4 million in scam: Indian-origin Texas couple accused of being 'most prolific fraudsters'A Plano couple, once celebrated in North Texas' Indian-American community, faces fraud charges involving real estate scams and misused pand...21 Jul, 2025, 07.29 PM IST
- Still waiting for a fourth stimulus cheque in July or August? Here's why that $2,000 isn't comingStimulus Checks: Talk of a new $2,000 stimulus cheque landing in July or August 2025 has gone viral. But as of now, neither the IRS nor the...21 Jul, 2025, 07.37 AM IST
- Canadian scam king who stole millions from US seniors finally captured in dramatic takedownGareth West, a Canadian man, has been apprehended in Quebec for allegedly masterminding a large-scale "grandparent scam" that defrauded eld...05 Jul, 2025, 11.42 AM IST
- Indian immigrants sentenced in US for defrauding elderly citizens; majority found to be illegalIn the US, twelve Gujarati individuals faced sentencing for defrauding elderly citizens. The sentences ranged from one to twelve years. The...05 Jul, 2025, 10.33 AM IST
- Indian students in US sentenced in multi-million dollar fraud schemes targeting elderly nativesTwo Indian students in the US, Kishan Rajeshkumar Patel and Moinuddin Mohammed, received prison sentences for separate fraud schemes target...19 Jun, 2025, 10.40 AM IST
- US cyber crimes: Overseas scammers are swiping billions from Americans every year, and getting away with itScammers are stealing billions from Americans yearly, exploiting technology and targeting older adults. Sophisticated fraud schemes overwhe...07 Jul, 2024, 10.01 AM IST
- 24-year-old Haryana hacker sentenced to 4 years for defrauding US woman of Rs 1.2 croreA judge sentenced an individual from India to four years and three months in prison for an international computer-hacking scheme that targe...21 Feb, 2024, 09.01 AM IST
- Can you trust your ears? AI voice scams rattle USThe biggest peril of Artificial Intelligence, experts say, is its ability to demolish the boundaries between reality and fiction, handing c...12 Jun, 2023, 11.47 AM IST
- Can you trust your ears? How fraudsters are using strikingly convincing AI voice cloning tools to steal from peopleThe biggest peril of Artificial Intelligence, experts say, is its ability to demolish the boundaries between reality and fiction, handing c...12 Jun, 2023, 07.33 AM IST
- Indian VOIP firm, director indicted in US for causing Americans $20 million loss: Justice departmentGupta and E Sampark maintained approximately sixty servers from May 2015 to June 2020 in Florida that the company used at times to connect ...18 Nov, 2020, 02.23 PM IST
- Indian citizen pleads guilty to immigration fraud scheme using Facebook, WhatsAppAs part of his scheme, Singh created a fake photo identification document pretending to be from the DHS, which he mailed to others in an ef...18 Sep, 2018, 12.34 PM IST
- 15 people, including five Indian BPOs, indicted in massive call centre scam in USIndian call centres used various telephone fraud schemes to defraud mainly vulnerable Americans08 Sep, 2018, 06.33 PM IST
- Over 20 Indian-origin persons sentenced in massive call center scam in USAccording to US officials, the call center scam defrauded thousands of US residents of hundreds of millions of dollars.21 Jul, 2018, 10.29 AM IST
- 15,000 victims, $300 million scam! US charges 61 over India-based IRS impersonation scamPayments by victims were laundered by a US network of co-conspirators using prepaid debit cards or wire transfers, often using stolen or fa...28 Oct, 2016, 06.48 AM IST
- Indian call centers a source of imposter frauds: USThe US government told lawmakers said American officials were training Indian law enforcement agencies to act against the fraudsters.29 Jun, 2016, 10.51 PM IST
- US Congress plans to tax AIG bonusesUS lawmakers plan to levy 100% tax on the AIG employees who recieved bonuses, to get back the tax payer money.19 Mar, 2009, 01.45 AM IST
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