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In the last five days, the Pimpri Chinchwad cyber police in Pune have arrested 11 individuals linked to three online frauds, resulting in the recovery of over Rs2 crore. The victims of these scams, including a 45-year-old software engineer, were lured into investing in fake schemes through dating apps and
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The State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) department in Kanpur has uncovered a massive GST fraud, where multiple firms registered under fictitious addresses allegedly siphoned off Rs.130 crore by falsely claiming input tax credit (ITC). The department has lodged several FIRs at the Kalyanpur police station, and further investigations
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Law enforcement and prosecutors from the Eastern District of Texas, the FBI, and IRS-CI have brought justice to victims of an elaborate transnational organized crime syndicate that defrauded millions of dollars. The syndicate, led by individuals from Plano and Allen, Texas, targeted elderly and vulnerable populations through various schemes, including
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Three individuals, Ademola Owolabi, Adebayo Akeju, and Alex Ochonogor, are facing trial over a conspiracy to forge official documents and engage in unlawful land transactions in Lekki, Lagos. The trio is accused of conspiring to falsely claim that a Certificate of Occupancy belonging to Hamza Al-Mustapha was missing, and forging
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Acting United States Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that Jamar Howard, 38, and Charennyia Carmouche, 31, of Slidell, were charged in a recently unsealed twelve-count indictment with conspiracy to commit offenses, wire fraud, false statement in loan application, money laundering, and conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute carfentanil. The
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A 35-year-old man, Robert Rahrle, has been sentenced to 100 months' imprisonment to be followed by 3 years of supervised release for wire fraud and tax evasion. Rahrle, who operated a fake gift basket website called iCare Gifting Solutions LLC, promised to send care packages into prisons for families
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A disturbing case of identity theft and document fraud has come to light in India, involving a labourer who was mistaken for a business owner and accused of evading crores in goods and services tax (GST) payments. The labourer, Kartick Ruidas, 34, was at work when a six-member revenue department
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Sri Lankan authorities have taken a significant step in combating organized crime and financial fraud by freezing the assets of 88 individuals, with 26 suspected of organized criminal activities and drug trafficking. This action follows recent legal moves aimed at curbing illicit wealth accumulation, including the seizure of assets worth
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HS2's subcontractor working on the high-speed rail line is being investigated by HMRC following a whistleblower's allegations of tax fraud. The claims surfaced last month, revealing that a subcontractor had allegedly falsely declared self-employed workers as salaried staff, charging inflated rates and submitting fake payslips. A
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HS2 has taken a serious issue to task, reporting a subcontractor to HMRC after an investigation uncovered alleged large-scale fraud involving the misclassification and payment of self-employed workers. The investigation, overseen by HS2 Ltd's central fraud team, has led to the subcontractor's suspension from working on
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Dr. Nneka C. Onyeali-Ikpe, the Managing Director of Fidelity Bank Plc, has been accused of paying N5 billion to secure her release from police custody, amid an ongoing multi-billion naira fraud case. The case, Charge No: FHC/L/138C/2025, is currently being prosecuted in a Federal High Court in
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Justice Yusuf Halilu of the FCT High Court in Abuja has granted bail to former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Godwin Emefiele in the sum of N2 billion on Monday. The bail was granted in respect of an eight-count charge of property fraud filed by the Economic and
