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Epstein accusers face relentless harassment; threats and intimidation escalate after identities exposed in Justice Department files- Digital arrest: How India’s fastest-growing scam uses fake investigations and video calls to siphon off crores
- US shuts India-based call centre operation that defrauded elderly Americans
- Archana Puran Singh's son Aayushmann Sethi scammed of Rs 87,000 in credit card fraud. Family calls him a ‘regular customer’ of fraudsters for one reasonAayushmann Sethi, son of Archana Puran Singh and Parmeet Sethi, fell victim to a credit card scam, losing Rs 87,000. The incident, revealed...27 Apr, 2026, 06.58 AM IST
- 'They said it was for tax and fees': Senior citizen spends Rs 64 lakh to 'recover' old insurance funds, ends up with a police notice for criminal activity insteadA 62-year-old senior citizen from Navi Mumbai was cheated of Rs 64 lakh over four years by cyber fraudsters who posed as officials from the...26 Apr, 2026, 05.13 PM IST
- CJI Surya Kant flags rising 'digital arrest' scams duping educated peopleChief Justice of India Surya Kant voiced shock at educated people being defrauded by digital arrests. A recent case involved an elderly wom...20 Apr, 2026, 12.53 PM IST
- Supreme Court to hear digital arrest scam case next weekThe Supreme Court will hear a suo motu case concerning victims of digital arrest scams next week. These scams involve fraudsters impersonat...16 Mar, 2026, 12.35 PM IST
- The power of a name: How ‘digital arrest’ scammers weaponise top cops’ reputationsDigital arrest scam: Scammers are using the names of famous police officials to trick people. They pretend to be senior officers and threat...15 Mar, 2026, 05.02 PM IST
- 81-year-old man loses Rs 7 crore in digital arrest scam after fraudsters pose as Mumbai PoliceAn 81-year-old businessman was duped of Rs 7.12 crore by cyber fraudsters posing as Mumbai Police. They fabricated drug-trafficking and fak...05 Jan, 2026, 06.51 PM IST
- Niti Aayog drafts plan to shield senior citizens from digital scamsIndia is preparing a policy road map to protect senior citizens from digital scams, with Niti Aayog working on a multi-ministerial action p...03 Jan, 2026, 05.50 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
- 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
- Feel irritated with spam calls? New AI bot is here to take revenge for you by wasting their timeUK telecom company O2 has launched 'Daisy,' an AI-powered scambaiter, to combat the rise in phone scams. Disguised as a friendly grandmothe...18 Nov, 2024, 02.45 PM 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
- 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
- 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
- Congress indirectly helping TMC in stalling Saradha probe: BJPWB unit president Rahul Sinha alleged "one brother (Congress) is trying to help another brother (Trinamool Congress) in trying to stall pro...28 Jan, 2015, 06.45 PM IST
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