A 62-year-old woman from Thane was scammed out of nearly Rs1.5 crore after being lured by promises of “high returns” on her investments, police reported on Thursday. The victim, a …
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Jurick Croes Jailed for Life Over Murder of Riches Obi in Sham Marriage Scam
Jurick Croes, 38, has been sentenced to life in prison for the brutal murder of 25-year-old Riches Obi in Elephant and Castle, London, in November 2020. Croes, who was acting …
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In a significant breakthrough, the Vizianagaram One Town Police have successfully cracked a digital arrest scam, leading to the arrest of five individuals involved in the fraudulent scheme. The police …
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DECATUR, Ala. — A man has been arrested in connection with a home improvement scam that occurred in September 2023. Matthew Allen Pettyjohn, 36, was accused of taking over $2,500 …
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A man from northwest China has been sentenced to over eight years in prison for defrauding three women out of a total of 540,000 yuan (approximately $75,000). Wang, from Wugong …
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Limpopo police have arrested a 30-year-old man, Baekane Bush Hlongwane, for allegedly defrauding a woman of R592,000. The suspect, residing in Ga-Molepo Village, appeared before the Mankweng Magistrate’s Court on …
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Florida Couple Arrested for Scamming Elderly Women in $4 Million Goldmine Fraud A Florida couple, Phil and Nicole Scolaro, were arrested in late October and are now facing five felony …
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A man in his 30s was arrested by North Korea’s Ministry of State Security for orchestrating a scam in which he impersonated the nephew of Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui. …
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Plano, Texas — Mark Aiseosa Kadiri, a student at Collin College in Plano, has been arrested for his involvement in a large financial fraud scheme that defrauded a victim over …
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In a disturbing case of cybercrime, two fraudsters posed as officials from the telecom sector and Mumbai Crime Branch to scam a 77-year-old woman, Lakshmi Shivakumar, out of Rs1.2 crore. …
by Ananya Mehta