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Fled US for Canada, caught at Toronto airport: Indian citizen arrested in alleged $7.5 million elder fraud scheme- Health care fraud: Medicare fraud worth over $6.5 billion exposed as Justice Department announces criminal charges against 455 people
- Pakistani-American businessman caught in $38,000,000 adult day care scam; Prosecutors say millions were hidden as 'laddu' payments
- 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...21 May, 2026, 11.16 AM 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 Jen Shah, who has been released from prison after serving 33 months — and what was her crime?Jen Shah, the former Real Housewives of Salt Lake City icon, has been granted early release after serving almost three years for her involv...10 Dec, 2025, 09.16 PM IST
- Man mails gold bars hidden in chilli sauce for ‘investment’, nearly falls victim to massive scamAn elderly man in Tianjin, China, narrowly escaped an online investment scam after police intercepted a parcel containing two gold bars hid...03 Dec, 2025, 09.42 PM 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
- Sandeep Dikshit complains to Delhi LG against AAP's 'Mahila Samman' schemeSenior Congress leader Sandeep Dikshit accuses AAP of committing fraud with Delhi women by collecting their personal details for a non-exis...26 Dec, 2024, 03.40 PM IST
- BJP accuses Kejriwal, Atishi of committing 'political fraud' with women and elderlyBJP accused AAP leaders Arvind Kejriwal and Atishi of deceiving women and elderly with non-existent schemes. BJP claimed that people were m...25 Dec, 2024, 08.30 PM 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
- 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...30 Dec, 2020, 12.40 PM IST
- 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...16 Oct, 2020, 12.18 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
- Indians among 111 charged in major US healthcare fraudThe 111 people charged across nine cities are accused of crimes, including conspiracy to defraud Medicare, criminal false claims, money lau...18 Feb, 2011, 11.09 AM IST
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