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A college intern from India was sentenced to 60 months in prison for providing tech support to a telemarketing scam that duped close to two dozen people of nearly a million dollars. (Representational Image)

Indian-origin college intern in US jailed for tech scam worth over USD 900,000

Over three months, the conspiracy defrauded individuals of at least USD 937,280, according to justice department officials.

11 Jun 2019 10:11 AM

A special CBI Court on Saturday granted bail to Sushen Mohan Gupta in connection with a money laundering case related to Rs 3,600 crore VVIP AgustaWestland chopper deal. (Photo: File)

CBI court grants bail to Sushen Mohan Gupta in AgustaWestland

Special CBI Judge Arvind Kumar, while granting bail to Gupta, directed him to furnish two surety bonds of Rs 5 lakh each.

01 Jun 2019 5:53 PM

Nirav Modi, wanted by India in fraud and money laundering charges amounting to nearly USD 2 billion, on Friday applied for bail in the UK High Court. (Photo: File)

Slapped by remand, Nirav Modi reaches UK High Court for bail

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said the hearing for his bail petition will take place on June 11.

31 May 2019 3:53 PM

Congress chief Rahul Gandhi to appear before it in connection with criminal defamation suits filed against him by the Ahmedabad District Cooperative Bank and its chairman Ajay Patel. (Photo: File)

Rahul Gandhi asked to appear before Gujarat court on July 12 in defamation case

Gandhi was on April 9 summoned by the court of Additional Metropolitan Magistrate S K Gadhvi to appear before it on May 27.

28 May 2019 7:01 PM

CBI on Thursday withdrew its application from Delhi court seeking permission to further probe the politically sensitive, Rs 64 crore Bofors payoff case. (Photo: File)

Bofors case: CBI withdraws application from Delhi court seeking permission for probe

The agency submitted before court that decision on further course of action will be taken by it and they want to withdraw the application.

16 May 2019 2:04 PM

Once a user agrees and clicks on the online-player icon, a short scene from the movie is shown, which is in fact just a part of the official trailer. After a few seconds, the video stops and the victim is redirected to registration and check out page that contains fields for bank card details including the CVV2 code. The site reassures the user that this is only for validation purposes, to prove that a user is a real person.

Avenger End Game: Phishing scammers target fans

They have created a dozen+ websites, offering fans an opportunity to watch Avengers for free online.

03 May 2019 2:56 PM

Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a rally at Asansol in West Bengal on Tuesday. (Photo: ANI)

'PM post cannot be bought like Saradha, Narada': Modi's barb at Mamata

Prime Minister Modi further attacked Chief Minister Mamata-led government on the issues of corruption and crime in the state.

23 Apr 2019 6:35 PM

These fraudulent websites mostly include sites requesting personal information for marketing opportunities, and fake streaming sites.

You could be a victim of this Game of Thrones scam

The legitimate websites include fan pages, online games or small shopping sites, looking for potential customers.

17 Apr 2019 7:00 PM

. In all, USD 23 million from Google in 2013 and USD 98 million from Facebook in 2015 were siphoned off. (Photo: ANI)

50-year-old pleads guilty to duping Facebook, Google

Rimasauskas allegedly asked money for services rendered by Quanta Computer be sent to a different bank account in Latvia and Cyprus.

26 Mar 2019 2:33 PM

The YouTube scam starts with a scammer setting up a new identical looking account as your favourite YouTuber.

Have you heard about YouTube phishing?

The purpose of the scam is using a simple phishing message to collect your personal data and earn some money as well.

20 Mar 2019 3:19 PM

The researchers recommended users to not fall for the user ratings as majority of users may not be aware of the effectiveness of the antivirus app installed on their device and may end up rating it higher.

Have an antivirus app on your Android phone? It might be a sham

The security researchers used 2,000 most common Android malware threats of 2018 for the extensive study.

17 Mar 2019 11:42 AM

Attorney General K K Venugopal on Friday claimed the Rafale documents were not stolen from the Defence Ministry and that what he meant in his submission before the Supreme Court was that petitioners in the application used 'photocopies of the original' papers, deemed secret by the government. (Photo: File)

Rafale documents not stolen, petitioners used photocopies: Attorney General

Official sources said the AG's use of word stolen was probably 'stronger' and could have been avoided.

09 Mar 2019 1:11 PM

Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Thursday demanded publication of all documents related to the Rafale aircraft deal, saying Article 19 of the Constitution ensured people's rights regarding freedom of speech and expression. (Photo: File)

P Chidambaram demands publications of Rafale deal documents

The government had on Wednesday told the SC that documents related to the Rafale fighter jet deal were stolen from the Defence Ministry.

07 Mar 2019 3:14 PM

The Supreme Court on December 14 last year had dismissed all petitions seeking court-monitored probe into Rafale fighter jet deal with France, saying that there was no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the deal. (Photo: File)

Rafale deal scam: SC to hear review petition on its judgement

The top court had also said that it was not its job to go into the issue of pricing of fighter planes.

26 Feb 2019 9:57 AM

Justice Rao said that he had appeared for the state as a lawyer and therefore cannot hear the case. (Photo: File)

SC judge recuses from hearing plea in Saradha chit fund probe

The bench has now posted the matter for hearing on February 27 before an appropriate bench of which Justice Rao is not a part.

20 Feb 2019 1:02 PM

The CBI claimed that the Rs 1.3 crore paid to Nalini Chidambaram, a senior lawyer, was from the money collected by Saradha chit fund illegally from investors.

Saradha Chit Fund Scam: HC grants interim protection to Nalini Chidambaram

The court directed the CBI and Chidambaram to file affidavits in support of their respective stands in the case in the meantime.

18 Feb 2019 4:35 PM

FTC has warned Netflix users to avoid clicking on a suspicious email that asks for personal information to be sent over an email over 'some trouble' with the current billing information. (Photo: AP)

Beware, Netflix users. Another phishing scam is targeting you

Scammers can use fake emails to pose as authentic company in order to steal personal data of the users such as account numbers.

28 Dec 2018 2:42 PM

Scamsters are simply scaring people that they have managed to steal your porn browsing history and that they have recorded a video of you, either naked, masturbating or having sex, using the laptop’s camera.

Extorted for watching porn? Do’s and Don’ts to avoid sextortion

Extorting users for watching porn is not entirely new.

27 Oct 2018 2:12 PM

The Indian call centres used various telephone fraud schemes to defraud mainly vulnerable Americans, including the elderly and legal immigrants. (Representational Image)

15 people, five Indian BPOs, indicted in massive call centre scam in US

Over 2,000 US citizens, resulting in over USD 5.5 million in losses.

08 Sep 2018 11:57 AM

The FBI had warned the public last week about such email scams. They also mentioned that they recently received a surge of reports about the sextortion issue. The bureau’s Internet Crime Complaint Center said that victims have received such extortion attempts via emails and physical letters too.

Sextortion: Whether you watch porn or not, you should read this

Sextortion is a new method where scamsters are threatening users into coughing out thousands of dollars.

14 Aug 2018 10:11 AM

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