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Probe Agency Busts International Tech Support Scam Operating From Chandigarh
The Chandigarh Zonal Office-I of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has unearthed a major international tech support scam following overnight search operations on multiple illegal call centres across the Chandigarh Tricity region.
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2 Arrested By Delhi Police For Bank Scam, 6 Phones Recovered
The Delhi Police have arrested two cybercriminals accused of impersonating bank officials and defrauding people of their money.
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Cyber Scamsters Pose As Custom Officials, Dupe Doctor Of Rs 26.52 Lakh In Navi Mumbai
A medical doctor from Navi Mumbai has been defrauded of Rs 26.52 lakh by a cyber gang that threatened to implicate him in a fictitious crime involving money laundering and terrorism, police said on Wednesday.
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My Big Coin Founder Gets 8-Year Jail Term for Crypto Fraud, Ordered to Pay $7.7 Million
Randall Crater, founder of a now-defunct cryptocurrency business, was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for defrauding investors and customers out of millions of dollars by falsely marketing My Big Coin, a virtual currency. Crater, who was sentenced to 100 months in total and ordered to forfeit nearly $7.7 million (roughly Rs. 63 crore),...
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FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Charged by US SEC For Defrauding Investors Out of Billions of Dollars
Sam Bankman-Fried was charged with defrauding customers out of billions of dollars, by the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. SEC Chair Gary Gensler said the agency has alleged that Bankman-Fried built a "house of cards on a foundation of deception" and told investors that FTX was one of the safest buildings in crypto.
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Case Against 2 Indian Conmen As CBI Starts Probe Into Amazon Cheating Case
The CBI has started an investigation into the alleged defrauding of Amazon customers in the US by two Indian scam artists by planting 'child sexual abuse material' on the computer of unsuspecting customers.
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Crypto Lender Celsius Network Sued by Former Investment Manager Alleging Fraud
Crypto lender Celsius Network was served with lawsuit by a former investment manager, Jason Stone, accusing the firm of using customer deposits to rig the price of its own crypto token. Celsius allegedly ran a Ponzi scheme to defraud the plaintiff KeyFi into providing services worth millions of dollars and refusing to pay for them.
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Apple Wins Class Action Suit Against Meltdown, Spectre Cybersecurity Flaws
Apple won a class action suit against its claims when a US judge the lawsuit that accused the company of defrauding customers by selling iPhones and iPads whose processors proved vulnerable to two cybersecurity flaws. The lawsuit was filed after Apple and Google revealed the Meltdown and Spectre flaws in 2018.
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Fake Personal Care Brand Executives Dupe Over 400 In Gurgaon, Case Filed
A case has been registered against unknown people for allegedly impersonating executives of a personal care brand and defrauding its 471 customers by promising them cashbacks and free products on online purchases, police said on Friday.
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Ex-Bank of India Manager Arrested For Defrauding Customers: Delhi Police
A 62-year-old former senior manager of a public sector bank and his associate were arrested for allegedly misappropriating funds of two customers through fraudulent transactions, Delhi Police said on Wednesday.
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Probe Agency Busts International Tech Support Scam Operating From Chandigarh
The Chandigarh Zonal Office-I of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has unearthed a major international tech support scam following overnight search operations on multiple illegal call centres across the Chandigarh Tricity region.
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2 Arrested By Delhi Police For Bank Scam, 6 Phones Recovered
The Delhi Police have arrested two cybercriminals accused of impersonating bank officials and defrauding people of their money.
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Cyber Scamsters Pose As Custom Officials, Dupe Doctor Of Rs 26.52 Lakh In Navi Mumbai
A medical doctor from Navi Mumbai has been defrauded of Rs 26.52 lakh by a cyber gang that threatened to implicate him in a fictitious crime involving money laundering and terrorism, police said on Wednesday.
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My Big Coin Founder Gets 8-Year Jail Term for Crypto Fraud, Ordered to Pay $7.7 Million
Randall Crater, founder of a now-defunct cryptocurrency business, was sentenced to more than eight years in prison for defrauding investors and customers out of millions of dollars by falsely marketing My Big Coin, a virtual currency. Crater, who was sentenced to 100 months in total and ordered to forfeit nearly $7.7 million (roughly Rs. 63 crore),...
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FTX's Sam Bankman-Fried Charged by US SEC For Defrauding Investors Out of Billions of Dollars
Sam Bankman-Fried was charged with defrauding customers out of billions of dollars, by the US Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. SEC Chair Gary Gensler said the agency has alleged that Bankman-Fried built a "house of cards on a foundation of deception" and told investors that FTX was one of the safest buildings in crypto.
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Case Against 2 Indian Conmen As CBI Starts Probe Into Amazon Cheating Case
The CBI has started an investigation into the alleged defrauding of Amazon customers in the US by two Indian scam artists by planting 'child sexual abuse material' on the computer of unsuspecting customers.
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Crypto Lender Celsius Network Sued by Former Investment Manager Alleging Fraud
Crypto lender Celsius Network was served with lawsuit by a former investment manager, Jason Stone, accusing the firm of using customer deposits to rig the price of its own crypto token. Celsius allegedly ran a Ponzi scheme to defraud the plaintiff KeyFi into providing services worth millions of dollars and refusing to pay for them.
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Apple Wins Class Action Suit Against Meltdown, Spectre Cybersecurity Flaws
Apple won a class action suit against its claims when a US judge the lawsuit that accused the company of defrauding customers by selling iPhones and iPads whose processors proved vulnerable to two cybersecurity flaws. The lawsuit was filed after Apple and Google revealed the Meltdown and Spectre flaws in 2018.
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Fake Personal Care Brand Executives Dupe Over 400 In Gurgaon, Case Filed
A case has been registered against unknown people for allegedly impersonating executives of a personal care brand and defrauding its 471 customers by promising them cashbacks and free products on online purchases, police said on Friday.
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Ex-Bank of India Manager Arrested For Defrauding Customers: Delhi Police
A 62-year-old former senior manager of a public sector bank and his associate were arrested for allegedly misappropriating funds of two customers through fraudulent transactions, Delhi Police said on Wednesday.
