Govt flags ‘high-risk’ crypto system in note to Parliamentary panelIndia's virtual digital asset sector is now high risk. Intelligence reports reveal extensive illegal activities including drug trafficking ...
21 May, 2026, 02.01 AM IST
ED's arrests decline; highest-ever raids, attachments during FY26: Annual reportThe Enforcement Directorate saw fewer arrests in the last financial year. However, asset attachments reached an unprecedented Rs 81,000 cro...
02 May, 2026, 03.56 PM IST
Look Out Circular issued against three Chinese nationals in online Ponzi scamThe Bureau of Immigration has issued a look-out circular against three Chinese citizens involved in a large-scale online Ponzi scam. The in...
05 Sep, 2023, 06.19 AM IST
David Ames, fraudster behind Harlequin Property's 'Ponzi scheme', is jailed. Details hereBusinessman, David Ames who ran a multi-million dollar Harlequin Property "Ponzi" scheme, gets a 12-year jail term.
30 Sep, 2022, 09.24 PM IST
Sydney Lemos: Before downfall, Goa's global scamster lived life in the fast laneLemos, 37, was sentenced on Sunday by a Dubai court to over 500 years in jail for duping thousands of investors in a $200 million scam.
12 Apr, 2018, 12.07 PM IST
Rahul Dravid files police complaint against ponzi firmThough there were reports of many sportspersons and other celebrities being duped by the company, Dravid has been the first to lodge a comp...
19 Mar, 2018, 03.42 PM IST
SFIO lens on 81 firms for fraud in 10 months of this fiscalThe count of such companies being referred to the white collar crime probe agency stood at 111 in 2016-17 and 184 in 2015-16.
09 Feb, 2018, 06.20 PM IST
164 ponzi companies vanished after raising public money: FM Arun JaitleyCases pertaining to the 164 ponzi or chit fund companies have been assigned to the Serious Fraud Investigation Office for investigation, Ja...
11 Mar, 2016, 02.21 PM IST
This new year do background check on your investments to steer clear of frauds and ponzisThe greed for extra returns on investments has hurt many an investor especially when interest rates are on the way down.
30 Dec, 2015, 04.00 AM IST
IMG mulls single agency to lead ponzi fraud investigationsThe IMG was set up against the backdrop of the collapse of Kolkata-based Saradha Group that had allegedly duped lakhs of investors.
15 Sep, 2015, 02.26 PM IST
SFIO registered 107 ponzi cases in two years: GovernmentPonzi or MLM schemes are fraudulent investment operations, which lure investors with promise of high returns.
17 Mar, 2015, 04.42 PM IST
SFIO probing 67 cos for allegedly floating ponzi schemesPonzi schemes are fraudulent investment operations which lure investors with promise of high returns.
05 Aug, 2013, 05.16 PM IST
- BJP holds UPA responsible for ponzi scam
Odisha unit of BJP today said the announcement of opening a Serious Fraud Investigation Office in the state was itself a "fraud".
19 Jul, 2013, 07.28 PM IST
CPI demands CBI inquiry into ponzi scams in OdishaCPI today demanded a CBI inquiry into the ponzi scams and confiscation of properties of ponzi firms to refund the duped investors in Odisha
03 Jun, 2013, 08.33 PM IST
Corporate Minister Sachin Pilot pitches for distinction between ponzi, genuine schemes"While steps should be taken to crack down on fraudulent companies running dubious investment schemes, companies that are reputed," the Min...
30 May, 2013, 01.04 PM IST
Indian brain behind major UK scam jailedNamed after Italian fraudster Charles Ponzi, a 'Ponzi' scam involves payment of purported high returns to existing investors from funds con...
08 Mar, 2012, 09.59 PM IST
- Madoff trustee seeks $ 2 billion from UBS
The trustee charged with recapturing assets for victims of Wall Street scammer Bernard Madoff said today he had filed suit against Swiss ba...
25 Nov, 2010, 01.27 AM IST