A man, Jakir Ali Mallik, who had been deceiving people with promises of custom-made gold ornaments, was apprehended by the Hubballi Town Police after a lengthy pursuit that lasted 15 …
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A 38-year-old man, Partha Pratim Bora, from Assam, was arrested by the Cyber Crime Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) Chennai for swindling Rs 92 lakh from a central …
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Government Impersonation Scams
Abdi Ali Jailed for Two Years for Scamming Elderly Couple Out of £4,000
A 26-year-old man from Northolt, Ealing, has been sentenced to two years in prison after he pretended to be a Home Office fraud expert to con an elderly couple out …
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Joshawn Johnson-Grant, 23, has been sentenced to 40 months in prison after targeting an elderly woman in a courier fraud scheme that resulted in the theft of £5,500. The scam, …
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Kenneth Scott, a 69-year-old accountant, was sentenced to four years in prison after admitting to two counts of cheating the public revenue in a £2m fraud. The court heard that …
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The Chandrashekharpur police in Bhubaneswar have arrested a married man, Diptiraj Patnaik, for allegedly cheating multiple women on matrimonial websites. The accused used to pose as a wealthy individual in …
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Immigration scam
Tibetan National Chhinjon Tharchin Arrested for Cybercrime and Forgery in UP
by Ananya MehtaChhinjon Tharchin, a Tibetan national, was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force (UP STF) for his involvement in cybercrimes and forgery. The 37-year-old was accused of obtaining an …
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Online and TechPhishing Scams
Dinesh Kumawat Arrested in Rs 5.7 Lakh Online Fraud in Panipat
by Ananya MehtaIn a significant breakthrough, the Panipat cybercrime police have arrested Dinesh Kumawat, a fraudster from Jaipur, Rajasthan, for his involvement in an online fraud case amounting to Rs 5.7 lakh. …
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Fraud gangster Daniel Henao has been sentenced to jail after attempting to scam an 87-year-old pensioner from North Yorkshire out of nearly £6,000. Henao’s fraudulent actions targeted a vulnerable senior, …
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Ewan McGavin, a 31-year-old man from Horwich, Bolton, has been jailed for orchestrating a phishing website designed to deceive the public into thinking they were on an authentic Amazon page, …