The Delhi Police's Special Cell has registered an FIR in a cyber fraud case where a Delhi-based businessman was allegedly defrauded of over Rs 4.04 crore by an operator of a fraudulent WhatsApp group named "A5 Wealth Freedom" under the guise of stock market investment schemes.
Bollywood actress Tillotama Shome claimed that she recently became a target of an online impersonation scam. She alerted her followers after learning that a fraudster was allegedly using her identity to solicit favours from her peers.
The Cyber Crime Unit of Hyderabad Police arrested a 22-year-old man from Navi Mumbai for his alleged involvement in a high-value online investment fraud.
Cyber Crime Cell of South West Delhi Police has busted a high-tech scam involving a chilling new form of cybercrime Digital Arrest, where criminals impersonated government agencies, held a retired officer under virtual custody for three days, and defrauded him of Rs 48.5 lakhs.
In a nationwide alert, the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), under the Ministry of Home Affairs, on Saturday warned the public about a sharp rise in online booking frauds, particularly those preying on religious pilgrims and unsuspecting tourists.
"Congress party time and again tries to launch and fails - I am talking about National Herald. The entire ecosystem of the Congress party started to feel the sensation of Kapkapahat after listening to the name National Herald, and it's obvious because they have been caught stealing again.
According to Verma, Patel was produced before Special Court Judge (Prevention of Corruption Act) Neeraj Sharma, who remanded the officer to six days of police custody till April 23.
Speaking to the ANI, Patel said, "Congress has a history of scams. From the coal scam to most of the scams in the country, Congress has its name on them. The investigating agency has been investigating the National Herald case for a long time."
Haryana Minister Mahipal Dhanda on Tuesday responded to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) summons issued to businessman Robert Vadra, stating that investigative agencies are functioning independently under the BJP government and act only when credible inputs are received.
Alleging that the federal agencies are being misused, businessman Robert Vadra, after hours of Enforcement Directorate questioning in connection to the Gurugram land case, asserted that he had nothing to hide, whereas the Bharatiya Janata Party attacked the latter and him as "land mafia".