The Texas man allegedly refunded the orders of hundreds of catering-sized mac-and-cheese trays to his personal credit cards.
Case pertains to the alleged misappropriation of ₹75 lakh from a scheme implemented during the 2021–22 financial year
Ashokkumar Kharat, who police say is a school dropout, allegedly manipulated women and men to build financial assets and political clout over two decades in Nashik. When the Maharashtra police arrested him on charges of rape and fraud, he had come to be known as Captain Kharat, claiming to have worked in the merchant navy in the past. Vinaya Deshpande Pandit speaks to victims, who tell tales of sexual exploitation, financial fraud, and so-called occult practices
An accounting clerk has admitted to helping a fraud syndicate withdraw HK$31 million (US$4 million) from a Hong Kong brokerage five years ago after being told she was under investigation by Beijing’s national security arm in the city. The High Court on Wednesday convicted Wong Pui-shan of 10 counts of money laundering after she confessed to authorising 10 illicit transactions at the behest of an impostor she believed was from the Office for Safeguarding National Security of the Central People’s...
Police in Thailand have arrested an Indonesian who allegedly defrauded Americans of about US$10 million, Thai authorities say, adding that they will extradite him to the United States. The 33-year-old Indonesian man was arrested on Friday at a luxury resort in the coastal town of Phuket after a tip-off from the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Suriya Poungsombat of the national immigration police said on Sunday. The FBI had informed Thai authorities that the suspect left Dubai and...
12 cases registered against Kharat so far include eight offences of sexual exploitation of women and four cases of cheating. Seven more cases have been filed in various cities in Maharashtra
Dionne Marie Hanna, 85, is accused of duping more than two dozen people - including her own son.
Depositors have been struggling to recover their investments for the past three years. Black flag demonstrations and protest gatherings will be held on April 27, 2026
For more than three years, the numbers on their screens told a convincing story. Steady gains, smooth withdrawals and returns of up to 5 per cent every fortnight. Encouraged by the early outcome, many doubled down, pumping in more of their hard-earned savings into a scheme they thought was the answer to luxury and a comfy retirement. Then, almost overnight, the kill switch was flicked and they lost it all to a scheme that swindled victims across the globe of close to 100 billion ringgit (US$25...
Scams have exploded over the last few years. Can countries and companies come together to turn the tables on the scammers?
Video went viral after investigators determined the purported ursine was actually a man in a costume.
The police team recovered ₹2.30 crore in cash and 678 grams of gold from the possession of the accused
A Bench headed by CJI Surya Kant did not intervene against the Division Bench decision to set aside a Single Judge order of December last year
Hong Kong police have arrested a syndicate led by a beautician that allegedly stole credit cards from patrons of a beauty salon in Mong Kok, causing losses of more than HK$410,000 (US$52,347). The force said on Thursday that four men and two women, aged between 39 and 52, had been arrested over the past two days. One suspect was allegedly found with stolen credit cards in their possession at the time. Between last December and April, police received reports from 19 residents who claimed their...
Two arrested for cheating job seekers of lakhs of rupees
The accused has been identified as K.V. Ravindran of Pattuvam, Muthukuda
The arrested persons are from Hyderabad
An FIR has been registered against 12 employees, including officials from the disability department
Cambodia’s first law targeting scam centres, passed after mounting international pressure over the country’s massive fraud and trafficking economy, may do little to curb it unless authorities go after the officials and networks that have long enabled it, analysts have warned. Approved by parliament on Friday, the law takes aim at an industry estimated to generate up to US$19 billion annually and to have trafficked as many as 200,000 workers into compounds across the country. Justice Minister...
The Maharashtra Chief Minister says no one has the right to access call detail records. His comments come after an activist revealed exchange of 17 phone calls between Deputy Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and Kharat who is accused in multiple cases of rape and property-related fraud