In a major breakthrough, the Special Operations Group (SOG) of Surat police has uncovered a Rs 100 crore hawala scam operating out of the Athwalines area, with links to multiple …
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UP STF Busts Digital Arrest Gang Arrests Mastermind Pankaj Surela
by Ananya MehtaThe Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (STF) has successfully dismantled a notorious cybercrime gang that allegedly extorted over Rs 100 crore by digitally “arresting” more than 100 victims. Operating from …
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by Dan Mangan Ilya Lichtenstein, the man behind the 2016 hack of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex, was sentenced to five years in prison for his involvement in a complex money …
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Trung Nguyen Convicted for Operating Unlicensed Bitcoin Exchange and Money Laundering Scheme
Trung Nguyen, 48, of Danvers, Massachusetts, has been convicted of money laundering and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business, which facilitated the conversion of over $1 million in cash to …
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Jonathan Greig Babatunde Francis Ayeni, a 33-year-old Nigerian national, has been sentenced to 10 years in U.S. federal prison for his role in a cyber fraud scheme that stole nearly …
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By Jody McDonald Melbourne, Australia – Jatinder Singh, 39, has been sentenced to three years in prison for spending over AU$6 million mistakenly deposited into his partner’s bank account by …
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STAMFORD — A Massachusetts woman, Iara Maximo, 66, of Revere, is facing charges for allegedly defrauding a Norwalk condo association managed by a Stamford company out of $75,000 through a …
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By Daryna Antoniuk Alexander Vinnik, a Russian national and former operator of BTC-e, once one of the world’s largest virtual currency exchanges, has pleaded guilty to participating in a money …
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Delhi Police Unravel Online Investment Scam, Arrest Four Fraudsters
by Ananya MehtaThe Delhi Police has dismantled an online investment fraud syndicate that allegedly swindled a senior resident from Safdarjung Hospital out of over Rs29 lakh. The victim, Ashish Lakhote, filed a …
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A glamorous Russian influencer known as the ‘Queen of Crypto,’ Valeria Fedyakina, 24, has been accused of scamming investors out of £17 million while falsely claiming she was funding the …