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Pakistani-American businessman caught in $38,000,000 adult day care scam; Prosecutors say millions were hidden as 'laddu' paymentsA Pakistani-American businessman, Pervez Siddiqui, and seven associates face charges for an alleged $38 million Medicaid fraud scheme. Pros...
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...
Operation Octopus: Trapping the tentacles of India’s cyber fraud networkAmidst the alarming increase in cyber scams, the Hyderabad Police have initiated Operation Octopus, a mission aimed at dismantling the enti...
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...
Gurugram sessions court grants a 7-day remand to Punjab Minister Sanjeev AroraPunjab Minister Sanjeev Arora was remanded for seven days by a Gurugram court following his arrest by the Enforcement Directorate in a Rs 1...
ED arrests Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora in Rs 100 crore money laundering caseThe Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Saturday arrested Punjab minister Sanjeev Arora in connection with an ongoing Rs 100 crore money launde...
Rave files antitrust lawsuit against Apple over removal of video-sharing appRave, a video sharing app, has sued Apple in a US federal court. Rave claims Apple removed its app from the App Store to promote its own Sh...
Preserving your crypto wealth: The definitive seven step security auditDigital asset investors face significant risks due to operational negligence, with billions lost to security incidents. This article outlin...
DoT blocked over 2 cr phone connections used for fraudulent activities: OfficialThe Union Department of Telecommunication (DoT) has taken strong actions against fraudulent activities. It blocked over two crore phone con...
DoT's Sanchar Saathi traces over 20 lakh lost, stolen phones: MoS TelecomThe telecom department's Sanchar Saathi platform has successfully traced over 20 lakh lost or stolen mobile phones, as stated by Minister C...
Spoofed Calls: Indian government combats phone scamsGovernment agencies and telecom companies have used a spoofed calls prevention system to block 70% of scam calls. The system has reduced th...
Scam call numbers: Check full list and block themScam call numbers have been identified by a group which has asked users to block these numbers to safeguard them.
Cyber frauds: Verification now mandatory for SIM card dealers, no bulk connectionsThe telecom operators will do mandatory registration of franchisee, point of sale (PoS) agents and distributors. This will help in eliminat...
Six million mobile connections fraudulent, says DoTAs per DoT officials, to break the network of cybercriminals, a multi-pronged strategy is being utilised by various government and autonomo...
Police response seen slow in helping DoT recover lost mobilesAs per officials, DoT is facing a hurdle in the issue of fake connections too, as states have to initiate penal action against the fraudste...
Users traced over 2.5 lakh missing phones using DoT's AI portal CEIRDepartment of Telecommunications (DoT) has launched an artificial intelligence (AI)-based portal launched Central Equipment Identity Regist...
Around 5.4 lakh mobile phones blocked, 2.6 lakh lost ones traced using DoT portalIndia's artificial intelligence-based Central Equipment Identity Register (CEIR) has, within a month of its launch on 16 May, allowed mobil...
Sanchar Saathi: Now subscribers can track, block lost cellphone via portalWith the help of the portal, the device can be deactivated even if the new SIM card has been inserted as the device is tracked through its ...
Five arrested in Assam for supplying SIM cards to Pakistani agents: PoliceFive people were arrested from Nagaon and Morigaon districts of Assam for allegedly supplying SIM cards to Pakistani agents. Several mobile...
Progressive Constructions slapped with 11-year World Bank ban for fraudulent practicesWorld Bank has banned Progressive Constructions Ltd (PCL), for at least eleven years for engaging in "fraudulent practices".