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Facebook, Nvidia Ask US Supreme Court to Spare Them from Securities Fraud Suits
Social media platform Facebook and Artificial Intelligence chipmaker Nvidia appealed to the Supreme Court after the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals allowed separate class action securities fraud lawsuits to proceed against them.
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Your WhatsApp Groups Aren't Safe, Here's How Scammers Are Targeting You
WhatsApp users are being warned about a new scam targeting the group messaging feature, with cybercriminals infiltrating chats and tricking victims into sharing personal information.
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Explained: How Telecom Regulator Is Cracking Down On Spam, Fraud Calls
Taking action to curb the twin problems of spam calls and fraudsters duping people over the phone, the telecom regulator has directed companies to stop calls from unregistered telemarketers and blacklist them for up to two years.
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"Will Take Strict Action": PM Modi To Kerala BJP Candidate On Bank Scam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the BJP candidate in Kerala's Alathur Lok Sabha constituency, Prof T N Sarasu, on Tuesday and assured her that strict action would be taken against those involved in the alleged irregularities in the cooperative
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Iraq Bans 8 Local Banks From US Dollar Transactions
Iraq has banned eight local commercial banks from engaging in U.S. dollar transactions, taking action to reduce fraud, money laundering and other illegal uses of U.S. currency days after a visit by a top U.S. Treasury official.
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10 Manipur MLAs Ask Centre To Cancel Suspension Of 3 Education Officers In CBSE Affiliation Case
Ten MLAs of the Kuki tribes in Manipur have asked Home Minister Amit Shah to cancel the suspension of three education officers, who face disciplinary action over alleged fraud in clearing requests by 26 schools for CBSE affiliation.
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UK PM Vows Action Over Post Office Scandal That Affected British Indians
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday said that the government is reviewing the compensation process in an accounting scandal that wrongly accused hundreds of sub-postmasters of fraud, many of them of Indian heritage.
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TRAI Warns Against 'Illegal' Fraudulent Calls Threatening Number Disconnection
TRAI on Wednesday warned people against fraudulent calls falsely claiming to be from the telecom regulator and threatening to disconnect numbers. The regulatory body termed such calls as "illegal". The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has clarified that it neither blocks nor disconnects the mobile number of individual telecom customers.
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Indian-origin Man Jailed For Defrauding Property Buyers In UK
Mr Juttla came to the attention of police in January 2021 after Action Fraud, the UK's national reporting centre for fraud, received a crime report from one of his victims.
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Enforcement Directorate Probing Several Cryptocurrency, Digital Currency Fraud Cases: MoS Finance
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has has attached, seized, or frozen proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 936.89 crore as on January 31, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Monday. The minister also said the ED is probing several cryptocurrency and digital fraud cases in the country, while some cr...
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SEBI to Take Action Against Firms Over Stock Tips on Social Media, Could Impose Complete Ban From Markets
India's market regulator SEBI is to take action against at least four companies alleged to have been pushing stock tips via social media without authorisation, documents reviewed by Reuters showed and two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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FTX Customers Sue Financial Firms That Found Crypto Exchange ‘Safe and Secure’
Former customers of FTX crypto exchange have sued three venture capital and private equity firms, accusing them in a proposed class action of fraudulently promoting the cryptocurrency exchange before it went bankrupt. According to a complaint filed late Tuesday in San Francisco federal court, Sequoia Capital, Thoma Bravo and Paradigm were "incentiv...
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Meta Investors Appeal to Revive Cambridge Analytica Fraud Case
Meta Platforms investors formally asked a US appeals court to revive a proposed class action accusing the Facebook parent of concealing a serious privacy breach that let a political consulting firm harvest users' personal information. The request came during oral arguments on Wednesday before the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ...
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2 Haryana Cops Seen Serving Tea To 'Missing' Suspect, Face Action
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij has ordered suspension of two police personnel after a video emerged of them allegedly serving tea to a man, accused of fraud and said to be absconding, at Pundri police station in Kaithal district.
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TRAI Working on Technology to Detect Pesky Calls, Messages; Joint Action Plan on Financial Fraud
TRAI is working on technology to detect pesky calls and messages, the telecom regulator said on Monday. It said that unsolicited commercial communication (UCC) or pesky communication was a major source of inconvenience to the public and impinges on the privacy of individuals. The regulator is also working on a joint action plan with a Joint Committ...
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Facebook, Nvidia Ask US Supreme Court to Spare Them from Securities Fraud Suits
Social media platform Facebook and Artificial Intelligence chipmaker Nvidia appealed to the Supreme Court after the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals allowed separate class action securities fraud lawsuits to proceed against them.
-
Your WhatsApp Groups Aren't Safe, Here's How Scammers Are Targeting You
WhatsApp users are being warned about a new scam targeting the group messaging feature, with cybercriminals infiltrating chats and tricking victims into sharing personal information.
-
Explained: How Telecom Regulator Is Cracking Down On Spam, Fraud Calls
Taking action to curb the twin problems of spam calls and fraudsters duping people over the phone, the telecom regulator has directed companies to stop calls from unregistered telemarketers and blacklist them for up to two years.
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"Will Take Strict Action": PM Modi To Kerala BJP Candidate On Bank Scam
Prime Minister Narendra Modi spoke to the BJP candidate in Kerala's Alathur Lok Sabha constituency, Prof T N Sarasu, on Tuesday and assured her that strict action would be taken against those involved in the alleged irregularities in the cooperative
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Iraq Bans 8 Local Banks From US Dollar Transactions
Iraq has banned eight local commercial banks from engaging in U.S. dollar transactions, taking action to reduce fraud, money laundering and other illegal uses of U.S. currency days after a visit by a top U.S. Treasury official.
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10 Manipur MLAs Ask Centre To Cancel Suspension Of 3 Education Officers In CBSE Affiliation Case
Ten MLAs of the Kuki tribes in Manipur have asked Home Minister Amit Shah to cancel the suspension of three education officers, who face disciplinary action over alleged fraud in clearing requests by 26 schools for CBSE affiliation.
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UK PM Vows Action Over Post Office Scandal That Affected British Indians
British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday said that the government is reviewing the compensation process in an accounting scandal that wrongly accused hundreds of sub-postmasters of fraud, many of them of Indian heritage.
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TRAI Warns Against 'Illegal' Fraudulent Calls Threatening Number Disconnection
TRAI on Wednesday warned people against fraudulent calls falsely claiming to be from the telecom regulator and threatening to disconnect numbers. The regulatory body termed such calls as "illegal". The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has clarified that it neither blocks nor disconnects the mobile number of individual telecom customers.
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Indian-origin Man Jailed For Defrauding Property Buyers In UK
Mr Juttla came to the attention of police in January 2021 after Action Fraud, the UK's national reporting centre for fraud, received a crime report from one of his victims.
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Enforcement Directorate Probing Several Cryptocurrency, Digital Currency Fraud Cases: MoS Finance
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has has attached, seized, or frozen proceeds of crime amounting to Rs 936.89 crore as on January 31, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary said in a written reply to the Lok Sabha on Monday. The minister also said the ED is probing several cryptocurrency and digital fraud cases in the country, while some cr...
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SEBI to Take Action Against Firms Over Stock Tips on Social Media, Could Impose Complete Ban From Markets
India's market regulator SEBI is to take action against at least four companies alleged to have been pushing stock tips via social media without authorisation, documents reviewed by Reuters showed and two sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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FTX Customers Sue Financial Firms That Found Crypto Exchange ‘Safe and Secure’
Former customers of FTX crypto exchange have sued three venture capital and private equity firms, accusing them in a proposed class action of fraudulently promoting the cryptocurrency exchange before it went bankrupt. According to a complaint filed late Tuesday in San Francisco federal court, Sequoia Capital, Thoma Bravo and Paradigm were "incentiv...
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Meta Investors Appeal to Revive Cambridge Analytica Fraud Case
Meta Platforms investors formally asked a US appeals court to revive a proposed class action accusing the Facebook parent of concealing a serious privacy breach that let a political consulting firm harvest users' personal information. The request came during oral arguments on Wednesday before the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco ...
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2 Haryana Cops Seen Serving Tea To 'Missing' Suspect, Face Action
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij has ordered suspension of two police personnel after a video emerged of them allegedly serving tea to a man, accused of fraud and said to be absconding, at Pundri police station in Kaithal district.
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TRAI Working on Technology to Detect Pesky Calls, Messages; Joint Action Plan on Financial Fraud
TRAI is working on technology to detect pesky calls and messages, the telecom regulator said on Monday. It said that unsolicited commercial communication (UCC) or pesky communication was a major source of inconvenience to the public and impinges on the privacy of individuals. The regulator is also working on a joint action plan with a Joint Committ...
