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Epstein accusers face relentless harassment; threats and intimidation escalate after identities exposed in Justice Department filesVictims of Jeffrey Epstein face severe threats and harassment. Their identities were exposed in government files, leading to online abuse a...- Financial independence: Why enabling agency and accountability matter for women, parents, and dependantsI would like to place for discussion not just the question of freedom to decide, but also responsibility and accountability. Why don’t we p...
- 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...
- OTT releases this week: From Akshay Kumar’s Jolly LLB 3 to Nicolas Cage’s Spider Noir, 8 new movies and shows you can enjoy on Netflix, ZEE5, Amazon Prime Video and JioHotstarThis week's digital releases offer a diverse cinematic experience, from Akshay Kumar's legal comedy 'Jolly LLB 3' to the Malayalam romantic...
- 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...
- 10,000 foreign students, including Indians, under ICE scanner for OPT fraudUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has identified 10,000 foreign students, including some from India, misusing the Optional Pract...
- Delhi court rejects I-PAC director Vinesh Chandel's plea for interim bailA Delhi court has denied interim bail to Vinesh Chandel, co-founder of I-PAC. Chandel is jailed in a money-laundering case linked to a coal...
- 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...
- '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...
- How a Gurgaon man paid ₹20,000 for a Thailand dream but instead woke up in a jungle guarded by gunsHe was a 21-year-old Gurgaon student who just wanted a job. A Telegram message promised ₹80,000 a month in Thailand. Instead, he crossed ju...
- 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...
- West Bengal: ED raid at residence of former Education minister Partha ChatterjeeEnforcement Directorate teams raided the South Kolkata residence of former Education Minister Partha Chatterjee on Saturday morning. The ra...
- India mulls payment lags, checks for senior citizens as digital fraud rises, RBI paper showsThe Reserve Bank of India is proposing new rules to combat rising online fraud. High-value digital payments may face a one-hour delay. Extr...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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...
- Unraveling the digital arrest scams: How scammers target vulnerable pensionersLaw enforcement officials uncovered a digital scam operation possessing data of 20,000 pensioners, including banking information. The sophi...
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