Bengaluru, May 9 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested key accused Srikrishna aka Sriki in connection with the alleged Bitcoin scam and hacking of the Karnataka government’s e-procurement portal, the officials said on Saturday.Along with Sriki, the ED also arrested Robin Khandeval and Sunish Hegde after conducting an extensive investigation into the case over the past several years.The arrests come days after ED officials conducted raids at 12 locations on April 20, including pr…
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Hyderabad, May 7 (IANS) Telangana’s new Director General of Police C. V. Anand on Thursday urged the entire police force to collaborate to eradicate drugs with the same spirit with which it made the state Maoist-free. He also called upon people to become partners in the process of curbing drugs for the future of their children.The Director General of Police reviewed the performance of EAGLE Force, a special division established to curb the menace of drugs.Anand said that after taking charge as…
Mumbai, May 5 (IANS) Bollywood superstar Ajay Devgn is still not over his ‘Raid 2’ character a year after its release. On Monday, the actor took to his X, formerly Twitter, and shared a post in which he lauded the Enforcement Directorate (ED) in their campaign to stop the financial crimes in the country. He wrote, “I’ve taken the pledge for financial integrity. It’s time we stand together against financial crime. Are you with me? Let’s protect our nation! @dir_ed”.The Enforcement D…
Colombo, April 22 (IANS) Pakistan’s terror ecosystem is expanding rather than shrinking, with terrorist organisations such as Jaish-e-Mohammad establishing a women’s wing, ‘Jamaat-ul-Mominat’, and Lashkar-e-Taiba setting up a so-called ‘Water Wing’ aimed at maritime assault capabilities, a report said on Wednesday. According to a report in Sri Lankan media outlet Ceylon Wire News, terror financing has gone digital, with encrypted cryptocurrency transactions supplementing traditional hawala net…
Mumbai, April 10 (IANS) The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has uncovered a case in which a stock broking licence was allegedly used as a front to run a Ponzi-like scheme, luring investors with promises of assured monthly returns of 10–12 per cent.In an order issued against Trdez Investment Private Limited, the regulator said investors were misled into believing that several entities — including Infinite Beacon, IB Prop Desk and Sispay TFS — were linked to the SEBI-registered b…
Noida, April 9 (IANS) Police in UP’s Gautam Buddha Nagar have achieved a major success in its crackdown on cybercrime with the Cyber Crime Police Station team on Thursday busting a fake call centre operating in Sector-16, Noida, and arresting 16 accused, officials said.The gang used to trap foreign nationals through paid online advertisements and defraud them by instilling fear of hacking and data theft.According to the police, the action was carried out based on local intelligence and technical…
Noida, April 7 (IANS) The Cyber Crime Police Station in Noida has busted a major cyber fraud syndicate and arrested four accused for allegedly duping foreign nationals of crores of rupees by posing as technical support agents, officials said on Tuesday.The accused were apprehended from Noida’s Sector-76 following a targeted operation based on technical intelligence and local inputs, police added.According to investigators, the gang ran paid advertisements on the internet and social media platf…
Washington, April 3 (IANS) A Chinese national has pleaded guilty in a sweeping $27 million fraud and money laundering scheme that targeted around 2,000 elderly victims across the United States, with investigators linking the operation to India-based scam call centres.Jiandong Chen, also known as “Little Tiger”, admitted in federal court that he played a role in the multinational conspiracy that operated between 2021 and 2023, according to the US Attorney’s Office in San Diego.Prosecutors s…
Seoul, March 25 (IANS) The South Korean won rose further against the US dollar on Wednesday as US President Donald Trump continued to signal the possibility of a swift end to the ongoing Middle East conflict.The won opened at 1,493 per dollar, up 2.2 won from the previous session, reports Yonhap news agency.The currency had surged to 1,495.2 won per dollar Tuesday, recovering from a 17-year low of 1,517.3 won in the previous session after Trump said that he had ordered a five-day postponement of…
Ottawa, March 17 (IANS) The rising extortion threats faced by Punjabi builders in Canada’s Vancouver are a clear warning that unchecked organised crime does not remain confined to a suburb or group but spreads across communities, erodes trust, stifles growth, and weakens the nation, a report highlighted on Tuesday. According to a report in Khalsa Vox, what began as isolated incidents in Surrey city, involving cash demands often communicated via phone calls, social media, or letters, has metastas…