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Canadian Man Arrested For Posing As Pilot To Secure Hundreds Of Free Flights
Dallas Pokornik, a former Canadian flight attendant, is charged with wire fraud for faking pilot identity and obtaining free flights on several airlines.
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Google Expands In-Call Scam Protection for Banking Apps: Here's How It Works on Android
Google has expanded its in-call scam protection feature. The company announced the feature in the US in association with JPMorgan Chase and Cash App. This feature shows alerts to users if they are on a call with an unknown number while screen sharing and using a financial app. The system warns about potential scams. Users will get options to end th...
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Union Minister, Congress Target Over Rajasthan, Faces Credit Scam Probe
A court in Jaipur has ordered the Rajasthan Police to investigate an alleged scam in which BJP leader and Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is an accused. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, battling rebellion by his former deputy Sachin Pilot that has pushed his government to the brink, had named Mr Gehlot among BJP leaders were allegedly...
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Karti Chidambaram, Named by CBI, Denies Role in Rajasthan Ambulance Scam
Karti Chidambaram, the son of former Finance minister, P Chidambaram has denied being involved in the Rajasthan ambulance scam, after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case of alleged irregularities in which he has been named as one of the accused.
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FIR in Ambulance Scam 'Vendetta-Driven Prosecution', Alleges Sachin Pilot
Rajasthan Congress Chief Sachin Pilot today termed the action of CBI of lodging a fresh FIR against him, former chief minister Ashok Gehlot and other Congress leaders in ambulance scam as a "meek, vendetta-driven malicious prosecution."
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CBI Files Corruption Case Against Congress' Sachin Pilot, Ashok Gehlot
A criminal case of corruption has been filed today by the CBI against Congress leaders Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot among others for an alleged scam in ambulance services provided in Rajasthan.
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Vasundhara Raje Government Wants CBI Probe into Ambulance Case Against Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot
A day after the BJP won big in the assembly elections of Haryana and Maharashtra, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje recommended a CBI inquiry in the 108 ambulance scam, in which her predecessor Ashok Gehlot and several senior Congress leaders have been named.
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Rajasthan Ambulance Scam: FIR Names Pilot, Gehlot, Chidambaram's Son
Former union minister Sachin Pilot on Wednesday said the FIR filed against him and seven others, including former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, over allegations of corruption shows how state agencies are working on the BJP's directions.
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Rajasthan Ambulance Scam: FIR Names Sachin Pilot, Ashok Gehlot, Karthi Chidambaram
Senior Congress leaders Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot have been named in a FIR filed in connection to an alleged ambulance scam under the National Rural Health Mission, which is currently being investigated by the Crime Branch - Criminal Investigation Department or CB-CID of the Rajasthan police.
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Coal case against Kumar Mangalam Birla: Business leaders can't be made scapegoats, says India Inc
Two days after the Central Bureau of Investigation filed a First Information Report against top industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla in relation to coal scam, corporate leaders today said businessmen cannot be made scapegoats on the basis of mere suspicion.
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Indian skies safe despite 'fake' pilots, says regulator
It began with a dangerous landing and has resulted in 16 pilots being sacked. India's fake flying licence scam posed a severe challenge to the country's airline safety regulator.
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Son of former Rajasthan minister booked in 'fake pilots' scam
Former BJP minister Madan Dilawar's son is among four people booked by the Rajasthan anti-corruption bureau in connection with the 'fake pilots' scam. Madan Dilawar was the Minister for Social Justice in the Vasundhara Raje government. An FIR has been lodged against Pawan Dilawar for allegedly faking flying hours to get his Commercial Pilots Licen...
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Two more pilots arrested in fake licence scam
Two pilots working with private airlines were arrested today for allegedly procuring commercial flying licences using forged marksheets, taking the total number of people arrested in such cases to 17.The arrested pilots have been identified as Captain Param Prakash and Captain Anirban Sannigrahi, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ashok Chand sa...
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How corruption in fast-growing aviation industry is hurting nation
More than a dozen commercial pilots in India have been stripped of their licenses and a top airline safety official has been suspended after a government investigation uncovered widespread fraud and corruption in the booming aviation industry.Several of India's private carriers, as well as its state-run airline, Air India, have fired active pilots ...
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'Fake pilot' probe: Top DGCA official relieved of duty pending inquiry
The probe into the 'fake pilots' probe has now reached the top echelons of aviation watchdog, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).RS Passi, the joint director of DGCA has been relieved of his duties pending probe into his role into his daughter procuring a fake pilot license.Mr Passi is the father of Garima Passi who quit SpiceJet airl...
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Canadian Man Arrested For Posing As Pilot To Secure Hundreds Of Free Flights
Dallas Pokornik, a former Canadian flight attendant, is charged with wire fraud for faking pilot identity and obtaining free flights on several airlines.
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Google Expands In-Call Scam Protection for Banking Apps: Here's How It Works on Android
Google has expanded its in-call scam protection feature. The company announced the feature in the US in association with JPMorgan Chase and Cash App. This feature shows alerts to users if they are on a call with an unknown number while screen sharing and using a financial app. The system warns about potential scams. Users will get options to end th...
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Union Minister, Congress Target Over Rajasthan, Faces Credit Scam Probe
A court in Jaipur has ordered the Rajasthan Police to investigate an alleged scam in which BJP leader and Union Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat is an accused. Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot, battling rebellion by his former deputy Sachin Pilot that has pushed his government to the brink, had named Mr Gehlot among BJP leaders were allegedly...
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Karti Chidambaram, Named by CBI, Denies Role in Rajasthan Ambulance Scam
Karti Chidambaram, the son of former Finance minister, P Chidambaram has denied being involved in the Rajasthan ambulance scam, after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered a case of alleged irregularities in which he has been named as one of the accused.
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FIR in Ambulance Scam 'Vendetta-Driven Prosecution', Alleges Sachin Pilot
Rajasthan Congress Chief Sachin Pilot today termed the action of CBI of lodging a fresh FIR against him, former chief minister Ashok Gehlot and other Congress leaders in ambulance scam as a "meek, vendetta-driven malicious prosecution."
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CBI Files Corruption Case Against Congress' Sachin Pilot, Ashok Gehlot
A criminal case of corruption has been filed today by the CBI against Congress leaders Sachin Pilot and Ashok Gehlot among others for an alleged scam in ambulance services provided in Rajasthan.
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Vasundhara Raje Government Wants CBI Probe into Ambulance Case Against Ashok Gehlot, Sachin Pilot
A day after the BJP won big in the assembly elections of Haryana and Maharashtra, Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje recommended a CBI inquiry in the 108 ambulance scam, in which her predecessor Ashok Gehlot and several senior Congress leaders have been named.
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Rajasthan Ambulance Scam: FIR Names Pilot, Gehlot, Chidambaram's Son
Former union minister Sachin Pilot on Wednesday said the FIR filed against him and seven others, including former Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot, over allegations of corruption shows how state agencies are working on the BJP's directions.
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Rajasthan Ambulance Scam: FIR Names Sachin Pilot, Ashok Gehlot, Karthi Chidambaram
Senior Congress leaders Ashok Gehlot and Sachin Pilot have been named in a FIR filed in connection to an alleged ambulance scam under the National Rural Health Mission, which is currently being investigated by the Crime Branch - Criminal Investigation Department or CB-CID of the Rajasthan police.
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Coal case against Kumar Mangalam Birla: Business leaders can't be made scapegoats, says India Inc
Two days after the Central Bureau of Investigation filed a First Information Report against top industrialist Kumar Mangalam Birla in relation to coal scam, corporate leaders today said businessmen cannot be made scapegoats on the basis of mere suspicion.
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Indian skies safe despite 'fake' pilots, says regulator
It began with a dangerous landing and has resulted in 16 pilots being sacked. India's fake flying licence scam posed a severe challenge to the country's airline safety regulator.
-
Son of former Rajasthan minister booked in 'fake pilots' scam
Former BJP minister Madan Dilawar's son is among four people booked by the Rajasthan anti-corruption bureau in connection with the 'fake pilots' scam. Madan Dilawar was the Minister for Social Justice in the Vasundhara Raje government. An FIR has been lodged against Pawan Dilawar for allegedly faking flying hours to get his Commercial Pilots Licen...
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Two more pilots arrested in fake licence scam
Two pilots working with private airlines were arrested today for allegedly procuring commercial flying licences using forged marksheets, taking the total number of people arrested in such cases to 17.The arrested pilots have been identified as Captain Param Prakash and Captain Anirban Sannigrahi, Deputy Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ashok Chand sa...
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How corruption in fast-growing aviation industry is hurting nation
More than a dozen commercial pilots in India have been stripped of their licenses and a top airline safety official has been suspended after a government investigation uncovered widespread fraud and corruption in the booming aviation industry.Several of India's private carriers, as well as its state-run airline, Air India, have fired active pilots ...
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'Fake pilot' probe: Top DGCA official relieved of duty pending inquiry
The probe into the 'fake pilots' probe has now reached the top echelons of aviation watchdog, the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA).RS Passi, the joint director of DGCA has been relieved of his duties pending probe into his role into his daughter procuring a fake pilot license.Mr Passi is the father of Garima Passi who quit SpiceJet airl...
