Government Impersonation Scams

Pune Cyber Police have arrested Sitayya Kilaru, a highly educated individual from Hyderabad, for defrauding a reputed engineering college in Pune of Rs2.46 crore. Kilaru holds a master’s degree from …

A Moore County man was arrested Friday after entering Arizona’s State Farm Stadium armed and claiming to be law enforcement during preparations for conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s memorial service. Joshua …

A 28-year-old man from Quebec, Karim Haddouche, has pleaded guilty to defrauding seniors in Saanich and Nanaimo out of over $43,000. The Saanich Police Major Crime Unit launched an investigation …

A 68-year-old Santa Monica man has been arrested for allegedly doxxing and encouraging a swatting attack on a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) attorney, the U.S. Department of Justice …

Paul Fluty, a former Miami-Dade police officer fired in May after failing a urine test linked to a domestic violence case, was arrested in Deltona for falsely impersonating a police …

The Rustenburg Magistrate’s Court in the North West sentenced Kagiso Josias Selomane, 45, to 20 years in prison for running a scam that defrauded victims of more than R1 million. …

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — An Ohio man is behind bars after allegedly posing as a police officer and scamming a Kentucky woman out of a large sum of money. The incident …

Sangli, Maharashtra — Sangli police have arrested three individuals, including a woman from Chinchwad and two men from Kolhapur, for allegedly robbing a doctor by impersonating central agency officials. On …

FLORIDA — A woman was arrested on Tuesday, September 16, after showing up at former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence claiming to be his wife. Christy Renee Kimbrell, 49, was …

In a major breakthrough against organized cybercrime, police in Muzaffarnagar have dismantled a high-stakes scam involving impersonation of government officials. Two individuals—Nikhil Goel from Dehradun and Harprit Singh from Chandigarh—were …