How seven people sitting in a flat in north Delhi cheated US citizens from California, Texas and New YorkSeven people have been arrested during a raid carried out by Delhi's Crime Branch who ran an illegal international call centre and duped US...
19 Dec, 2025, 03.27 PM IST
Rahul Gandhi’s vote theft charge in Aland: Karnataka forms SIT to probe the caseThe Karnataka government has formed a special investigation team to investigate fraudulent online requests for deleting nearly 6,000 names ...
20 Sep, 2025, 08.50 PM IST
Sextortion, fake jobs and trading frauds: Police data reveals scamsters’ dirty playbook, how they trap victims and move fundsCybercrime networks across India are perpetrating scams like sextortion, online trading fraud, and fake job offers, exploiting vulnerable i...
11 Sep, 2025, 03.50 PM IST
How scammers used a fake Supreme Court order on Jet Airways case to wipe out a retired banker's Rs 3.15 croreA 78-year-old ex-banker from Noida was scammed out of Rs 3.15 crore in a digital arrest con. Impersonating officials convinced him of fake ...
21 Mar, 2025, 12.04 PM IST
CBI searches 11 locations in Delhi, Haryana in crypto fraud caseThe CBI conducted searches in Delhi and Haryana, targeting alleged cyber criminals impersonating government officers. They seized Rs 1.08 c...
15 Feb, 2025, 11.08 AM IST
Scam Alert: Lucknow professor duped of Rs 2.81 crore after 7-day 'digital arrest' by cyber thugsDr. Ruchika Tandon, a professor at SGPGIMS Lucknow, was scammed out of Rs 2.81 crore. The fraudsters posed as TRAI and CBI officials, false...
14 Aug, 2024, 06.31 PM IST
Kerala police launches full-fledged probe into cheating in ISRO recruitment exam; urges VSSC to cancel testAn investigating team will be sent to Haryana to collaborate with the state's police for the probe, police officials said. The two persons ...
21 Aug, 2023, 07.18 PM IST
Received 120 grievances, actioned 167 URLs during June 26-July 25: TwitterThe US-based company has faced flak over the past many months for various actions taken on tweets and accounts of high-profile users.
12 Aug, 2021, 03.53 PM IST
Transferred amid spat, D Roopa takes charge as MD of Karnataka Handicrafts Development CorporationRoopa, an IGP rank official, in a series of tweets, has expressed her displeasure about the transfer stating that "whistleblowing and firm ...
01 Jan, 2021, 09.46 PM IST
Fake profiles of IPS officials on Facebook on the riseSecurity experts say IPS officials, other high ranking officers have increasingly complained of account impersonation, other online financi...
14 Oct, 2020, 08.00 AM IST
US files lawsuits against call centres, mostly from India, for making fake robocalls to AmericansIn each case, the Department of Justice sought an order immediately halting the defendants' transmission of unlawful robocall traffic. A fe...
29 Jan, 2020, 04.03 PM IST
Fake call centre scam mastermind Thakkar's 'mentor' arrestedThe 33-year-old man, identified as Jagdish Kanani was arrested from suburban Borivali last night, a senior police officer said on the condi...
17 Oct, 2016, 11.52 AM IST
Call centre raids: Police suspect involvement of Gujarat cop's sonThe callers used to make calls to people in the US and speak to them in American accent by posing as officials of US Internal Revenue Servi...
16 Oct, 2016, 03.05 PM IST
Delhi ACB chief MK Meena launches new helpline; government overrules"We have launched 24x7 helpline numbers (011-23812905 and 011-23812906) which will be operated by police personnel deployed at ACB from its...
23 Jul, 2015, 11.08 PM IST
- Bitti's father quizzed by Kerala police
B B Mahanti was quizzed by a SIT team of Kerala police probing impersonation and forgery charges against his German rape case convict son B...
16 Mar, 2013, 04.53 PM IST
Assam violence: Government sets 12-hour deadline for Twitter to remove hate pagesAfter the end of the deadline on Thursday morning, the government may impose a temporary ban on Twitter using available technical options.
23 Aug, 2012, 04.28 AM IST
- Man poses as IPS officer to meet Obama, arrested
A college student, who allegedly impersonated an IPS officer to meet US President Barack Obama, has been arrested, police said here today.
08 Nov, 2010, 02.48 PM IST