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To Curb Fraud, Banks May Soon Call You From Numbers Starting With These Digits
The RBI on Friday asked banks to use only the '1600xx' phone numbering series to call customers for transactional purposes with a view to preventing financial fraud.
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After Lalu Yadav Party MLA Raided, 5 Arrested In Co-op Bank 'Fraud' Case
The Enforcement Directorate has intensified its investigation into the Rs 85 crore scam involving the Vaishali Urban Development Co-operative Bank.
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Lalu Yadav Party MLA, Others Raided In Co-op Bank 'Fraud' Case: Report
The Enforcement Directorate Friday conducted searches in multiple states, including in Bihar on premises linked to an RJD MLA, as part of a laundering investigation linked to an alleged funds embezzlement at a cooperative bank, official sources said.
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CBI Charges Own Officer For "Taking Advantage" Of People He Investigated
The CBI has booked one of its own deputy SPs posted in the Bank Security and Frauds branch in Mumbai for allegedly taking "undue advantage" from people probed by him, officials said Thursday.
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Bank Manager Arrested For Data Theft, Defrauding Company Of Rs 12.51 Crore
Four people, including the manager of a private bank, were arrested for allegedly siphoning off Rs 12.51 crore by stealing sensitive data from a company, police said on Saturday.
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Banking Frauds Rise In H1FY25, Amount Involved Jumps 8-Time: RBI Report
The number of bank frauds witnessed a significant on-year increase in the first half of the current fiscal to 18,461 cases and the amount involved jumped more than eight-fold to Rs 21,367 crore, according to RBI data released on Thursday.
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MBBS Student Held Over Alleged Transfer of Rs. 8 Lakh in Crypto to Chinese Nationals After Cyber Fraud
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Rajesh Kumar Tripathi said the accused, identified as Vikram Vishnoi (23), was arrested based on the clues found in the case of cheating a city-based software engineer of Rs 1.35 lakh by placing him under "digital arrest".
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Bengaluru Techie Loses Rs 11.8 Crore After "Digital Arrest"
A 39-year-old software engineer became a victim to a "digital arrest" scam and lost Rs 11.8 crore when fraudsters impersonating police officials claimed that his Aadhaar card was being misused to open bank accounts for money laundering, police said.
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How Mumbai Woman Foiled Scammers Posing As Cops
A 35-year-old woman from Mumbai has managed to turn the tables on some online scammers, when posing as cops, they tried to extract her bank account details.
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What Is MuleHunter.Ai? All About RBI's New Tool To Detect Financial Fraud
The Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) has introduced MuleHunter.AI, an advanced AI tool aimed at combating financial fraud by detecting and flagging mule accounts involved in money laundering.
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How Vietnamese Business Tycoon Masterminded World's Biggest Bank Fraud
Truong My Lan, a 68-year-old real estate tycoon, was convicted in April 2024 for using hundreds of ghost companies to control Saigon Commercial Bank and embezzle billions.
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Digital Arrest Scammers Target 90-Year-Old In Gujarat, Cheat Him Of Rs 1 Crore
A 90-year-old man in Gujarat's Surat lost his entire life savings of over Rs 1 crore to fraudsters, who posed as CBI officers and placed him under 'digital arrest' for 15 days.
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Alert SBI Staff Save Senior Citizen From 13-Lakh 'Digital Arrest' Scam
The State Bank of India (SBI) and its staff are often at the receiving end of criticism and the subject of memes such as 'lunch ke baad aana', but a group of alert employees at an SBI branch in Hyderabad saved a senior citizen from fraud
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FIU-Nepal Flags Rise in Crypto-Based Money Laundering; Plans to Increase Tracking, Awareness
FIU-Nepal has said that the laundering of illicit funding through cryptocurrencies has spiked in the country. In its report, the Nepal Rastra Bank noted conversion of proceeds of fraud to cryptocurrency or for online betting purpose has also been frequently observed.
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How Rajasthan Gang Used UPI To Dupe Hyderabad Electronics Chain Of 4 Crore
Thirteen people have been arrested for allegedly cheating an electronics retail chain in Hyderabad of Rs 4 crore by using UPI as a mode of payment and then lodging a complaint with the bank to reverse the amount
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To Curb Fraud, Banks May Soon Call You From Numbers Starting With These Digits
The RBI on Friday asked banks to use only the '1600xx' phone numbering series to call customers for transactional purposes with a view to preventing financial fraud.
-
After Lalu Yadav Party MLA Raided, 5 Arrested In Co-op Bank 'Fraud' Case
The Enforcement Directorate has intensified its investigation into the Rs 85 crore scam involving the Vaishali Urban Development Co-operative Bank.
-
Lalu Yadav Party MLA, Others Raided In Co-op Bank 'Fraud' Case: Report
The Enforcement Directorate Friday conducted searches in multiple states, including in Bihar on premises linked to an RJD MLA, as part of a laundering investigation linked to an alleged funds embezzlement at a cooperative bank, official sources said.
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CBI Charges Own Officer For "Taking Advantage" Of People He Investigated
The CBI has booked one of its own deputy SPs posted in the Bank Security and Frauds branch in Mumbai for allegedly taking "undue advantage" from people probed by him, officials said Thursday.
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Bank Manager Arrested For Data Theft, Defrauding Company Of Rs 12.51 Crore
Four people, including the manager of a private bank, were arrested for allegedly siphoning off Rs 12.51 crore by stealing sensitive data from a company, police said on Saturday.
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Banking Frauds Rise In H1FY25, Amount Involved Jumps 8-Time: RBI Report
The number of bank frauds witnessed a significant on-year increase in the first half of the current fiscal to 18,461 cases and the amount involved jumped more than eight-fold to Rs 21,367 crore, according to RBI data released on Thursday.
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MBBS Student Held Over Alleged Transfer of Rs. 8 Lakh in Crypto to Chinese Nationals After Cyber Fraud
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Rajesh Kumar Tripathi said the accused, identified as Vikram Vishnoi (23), was arrested based on the clues found in the case of cheating a city-based software engineer of Rs 1.35 lakh by placing him under "digital arrest".
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Bengaluru Techie Loses Rs 11.8 Crore After "Digital Arrest"
A 39-year-old software engineer became a victim to a "digital arrest" scam and lost Rs 11.8 crore when fraudsters impersonating police officials claimed that his Aadhaar card was being misused to open bank accounts for money laundering, police said.
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How Mumbai Woman Foiled Scammers Posing As Cops
A 35-year-old woman from Mumbai has managed to turn the tables on some online scammers, when posing as cops, they tried to extract her bank account details.
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What Is MuleHunter.Ai? All About RBI's New Tool To Detect Financial Fraud
The Reserve Bank Innovation Hub (RBIH) has introduced MuleHunter.AI, an advanced AI tool aimed at combating financial fraud by detecting and flagging mule accounts involved in money laundering.
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How Vietnamese Business Tycoon Masterminded World's Biggest Bank Fraud
Truong My Lan, a 68-year-old real estate tycoon, was convicted in April 2024 for using hundreds of ghost companies to control Saigon Commercial Bank and embezzle billions.
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Digital Arrest Scammers Target 90-Year-Old In Gujarat, Cheat Him Of Rs 1 Crore
A 90-year-old man in Gujarat's Surat lost his entire life savings of over Rs 1 crore to fraudsters, who posed as CBI officers and placed him under 'digital arrest' for 15 days.
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Alert SBI Staff Save Senior Citizen From 13-Lakh 'Digital Arrest' Scam
The State Bank of India (SBI) and its staff are often at the receiving end of criticism and the subject of memes such as 'lunch ke baad aana', but a group of alert employees at an SBI branch in Hyderabad saved a senior citizen from fraud
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FIU-Nepal Flags Rise in Crypto-Based Money Laundering; Plans to Increase Tracking, Awareness
FIU-Nepal has said that the laundering of illicit funding through cryptocurrencies has spiked in the country. In its report, the Nepal Rastra Bank noted conversion of proceeds of fraud to cryptocurrency or for online betting purpose has also been frequently observed.
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How Rajasthan Gang Used UPI To Dupe Hyderabad Electronics Chain Of 4 Crore
Thirteen people have been arrested for allegedly cheating an electronics retail chain in Hyderabad of Rs 4 crore by using UPI as a mode of payment and then lodging a complaint with the bank to reverse the amount
