Fled US for Canada, caught at Toronto airport: Indian citizen arrested in alleged $7.5 million elder fraud schemeAn Indian national was arrested in Canada after allegedly fleeing the United States. Jay Sunilbharthi Goswami faces charges related to a mu...
22 Aug, 2026, 12.05 PM IST
Global financial fraud hits USD 442 billion in 2025, AI scams surge: InterpolIn 2025, global financial fraud skyrocketed to a staggering USD 442 billion, with Interpol’s latest findings highlighting a disturbing tren...
16 Mar, 2026, 08.16 PM IST
Indian national sentenced to prison in US for scamming elderly residentsAn Indian national, Ligneshkumar H. Patel, has been sentenced to 90 months in federal prison for his involvement in an imposter scam. He de...
11 Dec, 2025, 08.47 AM IST
Who is Ruja Ignatova? Bulgarian ‘cryptoqueen’ behind $4 billion OneCoin scam and the only female fugitive on FBI’s most-wanted list, hid millions via Guernsey Shell FirmsRuja Ignatova, the 'Cryptoqueen' behind the alleged $4 billion OneCoin scam, is reported to have hidden millions in Guernsey shell companie...
23 Nov, 2025, 11.55 AM IST
Cybercrime rate rises, victims lost whopping $16 billion. Here are top scams that duped peopleLosses from cybercrime are notoriously hard to calculate. The FBI's figures are among the most comprehensive, but the bureau acknowledged t...
23 Apr, 2025, 06.04 PM IST
Gold grifting scam rises in the US: How fraudsters are exploiting victims including a Vietnam veteran who lost $80,000Gold grifting is a scam where fraudsters deceive people into handing over their gold through impersonation, fake documentation or psycholog...
25 Feb, 2025, 08.40 PM 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
This 77-year-old widow lost $661,000 in tech scam. Know how scamsters commit fraudAccording to the FBI, US citizens in the age group of 60 and above lost $3.1 billion to cyber fraud in 2022, an 84% increase from 2021. The...
04 Dec, 2023, 11.12 PM IST
Beware of Gmail Fraud: Check tips to protect yourself from cybercriminalsGmail, the world's most popular email service, is under attack by cybercriminals seeking to exploit unsuspecting users. These fraudsters em...
01 Dec, 2023, 12.21 PM IST
In a big blow to Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, judge declines to overturn guilty verdictTheranos founder Elizabeth Holmes' guilty conviction was upheld in a preliminary decision Thursday by U.S. District Judge Edward Davila.
03 Sep, 2022, 04.30 PM IST
Call center fraud: Indian pleads guilty in telemarketing scam in the USUnder the scam, call center operators falsely represented themselves to be associated with Microsoft Corporation, falsely represented to vi...
25 Aug, 2020, 10.06 PM IST
Twitter announces new financial scams policyTwitter said the consequences for violating the new policy will depend on the type and severity of the violation as well as the previous hi...
23 Sep, 2019, 11.30 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
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
Indian national pleads guilty to call centres scam in USHarsh Patel, who most recently lived in New Jersey, is the third Indian national to have pleaded guilty to this scam that targeted hundreds...
12 May, 2017, 11.10 AM IST
Indian national pleads guilty to call centres scam in USAshvinbhai Chaudhari, who most recently resided in Texas pleaded guilty before US District Court Judge David Hittner of the Southern Distri...
27 Apr, 2017, 01.15 PM IST
Four held in China for scam using WeChatThe suspects joined the mobile messaging app WeChat as antique sellers duping antique aficionados and other buyers.
30 May, 2015, 02.30 PM IST