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Digital arrest: How India’s fastest-growing scam uses fake investigations and video calls to siphon off croresThey pose as the police, put you under ‘digital arrest’, and tether you to a video call till your savings are gone. How India’s fastest gro...- US shuts India-based call centre operation that defrauded elderly AmericansUS authorities have dismantled an India-based call centre scam. Hundreds of elderly Americans lost millions to tech support fraud. The inve...
- What’s behind the bitcoin ATM crackdown? Rising crypto ATM fraud and growing risks are forcing strict 60-day shutdown orders across the U.S.What’s behind the bitcoin ATM crackdown? Rising bitcoin ATM and crypto ATM fraud risks are driving strict 60-day shutdown orders across the...
- Kochi cyber police recover over Rs 1 crore lost in ‘digital arrest’ scam targeting elderly manKochi cyber police successfully recovered over Rs 1 crore defrauded from an 81-year-old man in a 'digital arrest' scam. Scammers impersonat...
- Elderly NRI couple defrauded of Rs 14 crore in 'digital arrest' scam in DelhiAn elderly NRI couple in Delhi was defrauded of Rs 14 crore through a sophisticated online scam involving "digital arrest." Fraudsters, pos...
- 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...
- Supreme Court entrusts CBI with pan-India probe into digital arrest cases, asks States to accord assentThe Supreme Court has ordered a nationwide CBI investigation into digital arrest scams. It also questioned the RBI on why Artificial Intell...
- SC vows to handle Rs 3,000 cr cyber fraud with an 'iron-hand'The Supreme Court is alarmed by nearly 3,000 crore rupees extorted through cyber frauds, especially digital arrest scams. The court noted t...
- Bollywood's glitz, $4 million in scam: Indian-origin Texas couple accused of being 'most prolific fraudsters'A Plano couple, once celebrated in North Texas' Indian-American community, faces fraud charges involving real estate scams and misused pand...
- 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...
- 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...
- Digital arrest: Beware of the new cyber scam that alleges you of serious crime to extort moneyCriminals are posing as law enforcement officers to scare people by threatening them with fake digital arrests. This scam is leading to sig...
- 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...
- US court shuts down fraud scheme targeting elderly Americans via India-based call centersThe US Justice Department said on Tuesday the District Court entered the order of permanent injunction against Michael Brian Cotter, 59, of...
- CBI, US authorities crack down on fraud scheme targeting elderly people in AmericaIn response to a complaint filed in the US, a federal court has ordered Cotter and five companies to stop engaging in the technical-support...
- 3 Indian-Americans among 8 people sentenced in call center fraud scheme in USThree Indian-Americans are among eight people sentenced by a US court for their roles in a sophisticated India-based call center fraud sche...
- 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...
- 15 people, including five Indian BPOs, indicted in massive call centre scam in USIndian call centres used various telephone fraud schemes to defraud mainly vulnerable Americans
- 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.
- US to initiate action against India-based printer for fraudAmong others, the complaint names Mail Order Solutions India Pvt Ltd. (MOSI), an India-based printer and distributor, and its principals.
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