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Chinese Tricksters Take Cue From Squid Game To Prey On The Indebted
In China's take on Squid Game, fraudsters are preying on the financially distressed in a slumping economy with promises of prize money, debt restructuring and other schemes that are not always what is promised.
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Chinese Woman Sets Sex Worker Trap For Husband In A Bid To Get Divorce
A woman and her accomplices in China have been sentenced to jail for orchestrating a fraudulent marriage scheme to scam the husband.
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Big Bastar Fraud: 'Sunny Leone' Beneficiary Of Chhattisgarh Scheme For Women
In a shocking case of fraud in a Chhattisgarh government scheme for married women, a man allegedly opened an account in the name of actor Sunny Leone and had been pocketing the sum of Rs 1,000 deposited in it every month.
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Ex-Ship Captain Loses Rs 11 Crore In Cyber Fraud; 1 Arrested
A 75-year-old retired ship captain here has lost a staggering Rs 11.16 crore over four months in a cyber fraud scheme falsely promising lucrative returns on stock market investments, police said.
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2 Men Tricked Apple Into Sending iPhones Worth $2.5 Million. Here's How
Two men were sentenced this week for orchestrating a sophisticated scheme, tricking Apple into shipping thousands of iPhones and defrauding the tech giant of $2.5 million.
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YouTube Restores Access After Crypto Scammers Hijack Ranveer Allahbadia's Channel to Trick Viewers
This week, cyber criminals breached content creator Ranveer Allahbadia’s handles on YouTube, replaced related logos and images with those of Elon Musk and Tesla, as well as deleted all of the videos that were published on the pages. The channels started promoting a crypto fraud scheme, for hours before YouTube restored access to Allahbadia.
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New York Mayor Eric Adams Charged In Bribery, Fraud Scheme
US prosecutors on Thursday charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams with accepting illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel from Turkish nationals seeking to influence him, capping a probe that has sent the city's government into turmoil.
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Dumped By Boyfriend, Trans Woman In Thailand Takes Revenge By Scamming 73 Japanese Men Out Of Rs 7.35 Crore
A transgender woman in Thailand has been arrested for orchestrating an elaborate fraud scheme that targeted Japanese men, scamming them of nearly 30 million baht (approximately Rs 7.35 crore).
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Former US Bank CEO Shan Hanes Jailed For Stealing $47 Million In Crypto Scheme
A former chief executive officer (CEO) of a US bank has been sentenced to more than 24 years in federal prison for embezzling $47 million in a cryptocurrency fraud scheme.
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Russia Denies Engaging In Fraud Scheme To Recruit Indians In Military
The Russian Embassy in India on Saturday denied that Russia had engaged in any "public or obscure campaigns" in "fraudulent schemes" to recruit Indian citizens for military service in the country.
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Indian-American Man's Rs 8,300 Crore Fraud Scheme Shakes Top US Investors
An Indian-American businessman Rishi Shah, the former billionaire cofounder of Outcome Health, has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison by a US court.
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Shilpa Shetty, Husband Break Silence After Trader Alleges Gold Scheme Fraud
Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty and her husband, businessman Raj Kundra, on Wednesday broke silence on the accusation of cheating a prominent trader in Mumbai.
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Australia Woman Arrested For Faking Own Death To Claim Nearly $500,000 Insurance Payout
An Australian woman who owns a gym faked her own death to claim a nearly $500,000 insurance payout as part of an elaborate scheme where she posed as her partner.
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Bank Employee Among 2 Arrested For Rs 48.5 Lakh Cyber Fraud In Noida: Cops
The Uttar Pradesh Police cybercrime unit has arrested two people involved in running a fraudulent scheme that duped a victim of Rs 48.5 lakh under the pretence of share market trading, officials said on Wednesday.
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Case Against 17 Over Irregularities In Madhya Pradesh Scheme For Labourers
After NDTV exposed irregularities in a government scheme for labourers in Madhya Pradesh earlier this year, a case has been registered against 17 people for the alleged fraud.
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Chinese Tricksters Take Cue From Squid Game To Prey On The Indebted
In China's take on Squid Game, fraudsters are preying on the financially distressed in a slumping economy with promises of prize money, debt restructuring and other schemes that are not always what is promised.
-
Chinese Woman Sets Sex Worker Trap For Husband In A Bid To Get Divorce
A woman and her accomplices in China have been sentenced to jail for orchestrating a fraudulent marriage scheme to scam the husband.
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Big Bastar Fraud: 'Sunny Leone' Beneficiary Of Chhattisgarh Scheme For Women
In a shocking case of fraud in a Chhattisgarh government scheme for married women, a man allegedly opened an account in the name of actor Sunny Leone and had been pocketing the sum of Rs 1,000 deposited in it every month.
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Ex-Ship Captain Loses Rs 11 Crore In Cyber Fraud; 1 Arrested
A 75-year-old retired ship captain here has lost a staggering Rs 11.16 crore over four months in a cyber fraud scheme falsely promising lucrative returns on stock market investments, police said.
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2 Men Tricked Apple Into Sending iPhones Worth $2.5 Million. Here's How
Two men were sentenced this week for orchestrating a sophisticated scheme, tricking Apple into shipping thousands of iPhones and defrauding the tech giant of $2.5 million.
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YouTube Restores Access After Crypto Scammers Hijack Ranveer Allahbadia's Channel to Trick Viewers
This week, cyber criminals breached content creator Ranveer Allahbadia’s handles on YouTube, replaced related logos and images with those of Elon Musk and Tesla, as well as deleted all of the videos that were published on the pages. The channels started promoting a crypto fraud scheme, for hours before YouTube restored access to Allahbadia.
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New York Mayor Eric Adams Charged In Bribery, Fraud Scheme
US prosecutors on Thursday charged New York City Mayor Eric Adams with accepting illegal campaign contributions and luxury travel from Turkish nationals seeking to influence him, capping a probe that has sent the city's government into turmoil.
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Dumped By Boyfriend, Trans Woman In Thailand Takes Revenge By Scamming 73 Japanese Men Out Of Rs 7.35 Crore
A transgender woman in Thailand has been arrested for orchestrating an elaborate fraud scheme that targeted Japanese men, scamming them of nearly 30 million baht (approximately Rs 7.35 crore).
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Former US Bank CEO Shan Hanes Jailed For Stealing $47 Million In Crypto Scheme
A former chief executive officer (CEO) of a US bank has been sentenced to more than 24 years in federal prison for embezzling $47 million in a cryptocurrency fraud scheme.
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Russia Denies Engaging In Fraud Scheme To Recruit Indians In Military
The Russian Embassy in India on Saturday denied that Russia had engaged in any "public or obscure campaigns" in "fraudulent schemes" to recruit Indian citizens for military service in the country.
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Indian-American Man's Rs 8,300 Crore Fraud Scheme Shakes Top US Investors
An Indian-American businessman Rishi Shah, the former billionaire cofounder of Outcome Health, has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison by a US court.
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Shilpa Shetty, Husband Break Silence After Trader Alleges Gold Scheme Fraud
Bollywood actor Shilpa Shetty and her husband, businessman Raj Kundra, on Wednesday broke silence on the accusation of cheating a prominent trader in Mumbai.
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Australia Woman Arrested For Faking Own Death To Claim Nearly $500,000 Insurance Payout
An Australian woman who owns a gym faked her own death to claim a nearly $500,000 insurance payout as part of an elaborate scheme where she posed as her partner.
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Bank Employee Among 2 Arrested For Rs 48.5 Lakh Cyber Fraud In Noida: Cops
The Uttar Pradesh Police cybercrime unit has arrested two people involved in running a fraudulent scheme that duped a victim of Rs 48.5 lakh under the pretence of share market trading, officials said on Wednesday.
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Case Against 17 Over Irregularities In Madhya Pradesh Scheme For Labourers
After NDTV exposed irregularities in a government scheme for labourers in Madhya Pradesh earlier this year, a case has been registered against 17 people for the alleged fraud.
