Montreal counterfeit money scheme: Police arrest 4 men, seize large amounts of fake currency in multiple investigationsMontreal police have arrested four individuals aged 18 to 22 in connection with a counterfeit money scheme. The suspects allegedly used fak...
03 Apr, 2026, 01.42 PM IST
Madhya Pradesh man learns printing skills in jail, produces Rs 200 fake notes after getting releasedA 35-year-old man from Madhya Pradesh, Bhupendra Singh Dhakat, used printing skills learned in jail to create counterfeit notes. Police sei...
25 Mar, 2024, 02.10 PM IST
Circulation of fake currency notes continues to pose challengeDuring 2021-22, out of the total FICN detected in the banking sector, 6.9 per cent was detected at the Reserve Bank and 93.1 per cent at ot...
02 Jan, 2023, 05.07 PM IST
Fake rupee note seizure in Switzerland plunges to just 3 in a yearSeizure of fake Indian currency in Switzerland, for long perceived an alleged haven for black money, has come down sharply to just three in...
17 Jun, 2018, 11.05 AM IST
Fake currency detection in banks swell to max in 8 yearsThe data for 2010-11 to 2014-15 shows that the major chunk of these reports, at over 90 per cent, were filed by private Indian banks.
14 Jun, 2017, 12.48 PM IST
Arun Jaitley gives numbers on black money“Undisclosed income detected till January 10, 2017 was more than Rs 5,400 crore,” said finance minister Arun Jaitley in Lok Sabha.
04 Feb, 2017, 12.42 AM IST
Tax officials uncover Rs 2,600 crore black money, seize Rs 393 croreAdmitted concealed income on the basis of our survey of data till date is Rs 2,600 crore," Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) Chairman Su...
16 Dec, 2016, 07.41 PM IST
Smuggling of fake Indian currency stopped completely: Kiren RijijuIn 2015, counterfeit notes worth Rs 34.99 crore were seized while in 2014, the value was Rs 36.11 crore and in 2013 it was Rs 42.90 crore.
18 Nov, 2016, 06.20 PM IST
Did Pakistan force Modi government to scrap Rs 500, Rs 1,000 notes?The Prime Minister’s Office finally took the decision to demonetise Rs 500 notes along with Rs 1,000 notes after a close study of reports f...
10 Nov, 2016, 12.12 PM IST
Rupee third on fake foreign currency list in Switzerland!The fake Indian rupee notes seized during 2014 included 145 for five-hundred denomination, 35 one-thousand-bills and one for one-hundred de...
22 Mar, 2015, 03.02 PM IST
Black money still floats despite RBI's currency withdrawal driveThe last date for exchanging notes was subsequently extended till January 2015. The notes continue to be a legal tender but have to be exch...
30 Jul, 2014, 05.01 AM IST
Rupee third on fake foreign currency list in SwitzerlandAccording to the latest counterfeit currency statistics released by Switzerland's Federal Office of Police (Fedpol), the number of fake Eur...
21 Jul, 2014, 11.08 AM IST
Pre-2005 fake notes have no value: Reserve Bank of IndiaThe RBI has confirmed to ET that a person will get “no value” from the bank if he or she has a counterfeit currency note.
05 Feb, 2014, 11.07 AM IST
Banks may be held responsible for ATM fake notesSubbarao said the central bank is working with the government to amend the law and make the source of counterfeit currency legally liable.
08 Feb, 2013, 05.09 AM IST
- 400 percent rise in fake currency circulation: Finmin report
As fake currency continues to be pumped illegally into the country, a latest government report states that there has been a 400 per cent in...
15 Jan, 2012, 05.15 PM IST
- Watch out, you may be holding a fake Rs 500 note
Officials say there's high volume of fake notes of Rs 100, Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 in the market but feel ill equipped to deal with it. Steps t...
31 Jul, 2009, 05.30 AM IST
- Microsoft, police trace $900 million global software piracy ring from US to Taiwan
Near-perfect knockoffs of 21 different Microsoft programs began surfacing around the world just over a decade ago.
08 Feb, 2008, 10.48 AM IST