Image used for representational purposes only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The Cyber Crime Unit in Hyderabad has arrested three men for allegedly running a digital arrest racket that swindled a 71-year-old resident out of ₹1,92,50,070 between November 7 and November 14. An officer from the wing said that the victim was threatened with a … Read more
An undated image of Tahsin Ahmed, son of TMC Minority Cell’s state leader Shakil Ahmed, who has been accused by the BJP of being involved in a financial scam in Asansol. | Photo Credit: PTI Almost a decade after ponzi scams by Saradha and Rose Valley groups had rocked West Bengal, a fresh chit fund … Read more
Enforcement Directorate arrested Aryan Singh, chief operating officer of Capital Protection Force Pvt. Ltd. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Hyderabad, arrested Aryan Singh, chief operating officer of Capital Protection Force Pvt. Ltd., in connection with the multi-crore Falcon invoice discounting scam. Singh was taken into custody on Tuesday (September 2, 2025) under the Prevention of Money … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday (July 30, 2025) launched searches at multiple locations in Chhattisgarh as part of a money laundering investigation into an over ₹500 crore worth medical supply “scam”, official sources said. Premises linked to some government officials, medical suppliers and agents apart from some “middlemen” are being raided in Raipur, Durg and … Read more
A widening Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) probe into alleged corruption in the National Medical Commission (NMC) has uncovered a southern syndicate of intermediaries facilitating bribe-driven regulatory approvals for private medical colleges. Among the 36 named in the FIR are two individuals based in Telangana, one in Hyderabad and the other connected to a medical … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate logo. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Directorate of Enforcement (ED) has seized ₹1.37 crore cash during searches at 17 locations related to seat-blocking scam in private engineering colleges in Bengaluru. “There is an extensive network of agents, educational consultancy service entities, which is used to bring students for admission from … Read more
Retired IAS officer and former Secretary in the CMO K. Dhanunjaya Reddy. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Special Investigation Team (SIT) police arrested retired IAS officer and former Secretary in the CMO K. Dhanunjaya Reddy and Officer on Special Duty (OSD) P. Krishna Mohan Reddy in the alleged liquor scam. The SIT … Read more
Sludge and sediments being removed from the Mithi river. File photo | Photo Credit: The Hindu The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Economic Offences Wing (EOW) on Tuesday registered an FIR against five contractors, three Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) officials, three middlemen, and two private company officials for wrongful loss to the civic body … Read more
The Crime Branch (CB) probing the alleged CSR funds scam in Kerala recorded Congress leader Laly Vincent’s detailed statement at its office at Thripunithura on Wednesday. Ms. Vincent has been named in eight FIRs registered by the Kannur police related to the scam. Emerging from the office after several hours, Ms. Vincent told a television … Read more
The Kozhikode Corporation Council has demanded the State government to speed up investigation into the building number scam in which the user IDs and passwords of Corporation employees were allegedly leaked to carry out fraud. The case is being investigated by the Vigilance department. Discussing a report submitted by Corporation secretary K.U. Bini on the … Read more