Fraud case launched over Sochi 2014 Olympic projects
August 9th, 2012 - 9:22 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 9 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The investigation of the first fraud case over the finances of the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics has been completed and will soon go to court, ... Read more...
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Ramlila happens every year: Khurshid
August 9th, 2012 - 6:58 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Aug 9 (IANS) Taking a jibe at Baba Ramdev's protest at Ramlila Maidan, union Law Minister Salman Khurshid Thursday said that "Ramlila takes place every year"."Ramlila takes place ... Read more...
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Lottery scam: Five foreigners sent to judicial custody
July 17th, 2012 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Bargarh (Odisha), July 17 (IANS) A court in Odisha has remanded four Nigerian men and a Ugandan woman arrested four days ago in a lottery fraud case to 15 days ... Read more...
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Delhi Metro registers fraud case with police
May 9th, 2012 - 11:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) has registered a case of fraud with the Delhi Police related to the award of a contract for construction ... Read more...
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Gilani ex-aide jailed for bank fraud
January 26th, 2012 - 11:44 pm ICT by IANS
Islamabad, Jan 26 (IANS) Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani's former media coordinator Khurram Rasool was sentenced to four years in imprisonment Thursday in a bank fraud case by ... Read more...
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Arrests made in malware fraud case which infected millions of computers worldwide
November 10th, 2011 - 2:42 am ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Six people were arrested in Estonia on Tuesday as part of a major investigation into international internet fraud which left more than four million computers infected with ... Read more...
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Satyam case: no bail for Raju, seven others
August 30th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 30 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh High Court Tuesday dismissed the bail pleas of former chairman of Satyam Computers B. Ramalinga Raju and seven other accused in India's ... Read more...
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Raju, others denied bail in Satyam scam
August 4th, 2011 - 4:57 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Aug 4 (IANS) A city court Thursday rejected the bail petition of B. Ramalinga Raju, former chairman of Satyam Computers, and seven other accused in India's biggest corporate ... Read more...
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Two accounts officers held in fraud case
June 23rd, 2011 - 1:18 am ICT by IANS
Chandigarh, June 22 (IANS) The Economics Offences Wing (EOW) of Chandigarh police Wednesday evening booked two city-based chartered accountants in a land-related fraud case, said the police.According to the police, ... Read more...
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Two arrested in housing fraud case
June 20th, 2011 - 10:01 pm ICT by IANS
Ghaziabad, June 20 (IANS) Two members of a cooperative housing society were arrested on charges of allegedly duping the society members and the UP Housing Corporation, a police official said ... Read more...
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Village headman found murdered; minister, official accused
June 8th, 2011 - 5:45 pm ICT by IANS
Karnal (Haryana), June 8 (IANS) A Haryana minister and a senior government functionary have landed in trouble after a village sarpanch (headman) was found murdered. His son has accused them ... Read more...
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Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra indicted in bankruptcy fraud case
May 7th, 2011 - 5:26 am ICT by BNO News
LOS ANGELES (BNO NEWS) -- Former baseball star Lenny Dykstra on Friday was indicted with bankruptcy fraud for allegedly selling items from his $18 million mansion in Ventura County, California, prosecutors said.Dykstra, ... Read more...
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2G scam: Bail plea of corporate honchos deferred till Wednesday
May 2nd, 2011 - 9:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 2 (ANI): The Delhi High Court today deferred the bail plea of five corporate honchos, including the promoter of Etisalat DB, Sanjay Chandra, in connection with the 2G spectrum ... Read more...
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2G scam: Bail plea of corporate honchos to be heard today
May 2nd, 2011 - 12:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 2 (ANI): The Delhi High Court will today hear the bail pleas of five corporate honchos, including the promoter of Etisalat DB, Sanjay Chandra, in connection with the 2G ... Read more...
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Grandmother to be jailed in Social Security fraud case
March 29th, 2011 - 11:10 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Mar 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A 67-year-old grandmother who engaged in Social Security fraud is expected to be jailed on Friday.Her lawyers are pleading that she should be given a home ... Read more...
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Ponzi schemer Kenneth Starr sentenced to seven-and-a half years in fraud case
March 3rd, 2011 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
Los Angeles, Mar 3(ANI): Kenneth Starr, who managed funds for high net-worth US business executives and Hollywood clients, has been sentenced to seven and a half years in prison in a ... Read more...
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Ex-celebrity adviser Kenneth Starr jailed for 7 1/2 years in fraud case
March 3rd, 2011 - 4:58 pm ICT by ANI
New York, March 03 (ANI): Kenneth Starr, a former financial adviser to the stars, has been jailed for more than seven years for a multimillion-dollar investment scheme.He was sentenced in federal court ... Read more...
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Mahindra Satyam-Tech Mahindra merger put on hold
February 14th, 2011 - 10:24 pm ICT by IANS
Hyderabad, Feb 14 (IANS) The process of Mahindra Satyam's merger with parent firm Tech Mahindra has been put on hold in view of the ongoing investigations into Satyam fraud case by ... Read more...
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Fraud case: Subrata Roy gets relief in high court (Lead)
February 9th, 2011 - 12:16 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed the proceedings against Sahara India group chairman Subrata Roy and four others in a court here on a complaint that they ... Read more...
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Subrata Roy gets relief in fraud case
February 8th, 2011 - 9:23 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 8 (IANS) The Delhi High Court Tuesday stayed the proceedings against Sahara India group's chairman Subrata Roy and four other officials in a Delhi court on a complaint that ... Read more...
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US court finds ‘mentally impaired’ Stanford ‘incompetent’ to face trial in fraud case
January 27th, 2011 - 4:10 pm ICT by ANI
Houston, Jan 27(ANI): The upcoming trial of former Texas billionaire Allen Stanford, accused of fleecing investors out of seven billion dollars in a pyramid scheme, has been delayed after a federal judge ... Read more...
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Citibank fraud: Puri sent to judicial custody till Jan.28
January 14th, 2011 - 10:28 pm ICT by ANI
Gurgaon, Jan 14 (ANI): A local court here on Friday sent Shivraj Puri, the main accused in the alleged Rs 400 crore Citibank fraud, into judicial remand till January 28.Chief Judicial Magistrate ... Read more...
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Citibank fraud: Main accused Puri’s remand extended till Friday
January 12th, 2011 - 9:32 pm ICT by ANI
Gurgaon, Jan 12 (ANI): A local court here on Wednesday extended the police remand of Shivraj Puri, the main accused in the alleged Rs 400 crore Citibank fraud till January 14.The remand ... Read more...
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Citibank fraud: Hero official’s police custody extended
January 8th, 2011 - 6:26 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Jan 8 (IANS) Sanjay Gupta, a top official of the Hero Group arrested in the Rs.300 crore Citibank fraud case, was Saturday sent to seven days' police custody by a local ... Read more...
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Madoff aide Bongiorno released on bail
January 8th, 2011 - 5:43 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 7 (ANI): Annette Bongiorno, one of Bernard Madoff longest serving aides who faces charges related to the Ponzi scam, has been let out of jail after a judge cut ... Read more...
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Cricket tycoon Stanford’s fraud case delayed over mental incompetence to face trial
January 8th, 2011 - 2:29 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 8 (ANI): The upcoming trial of former Texas billionaire and cricket tycoon R. Allen Stanford, accused of fleecing investors out of seven billion dollars in a pyramid scheme, has been ... Read more...
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Several parties involved in Citibank fraud, says Aggarwal
January 5th, 2011 - 10:34 pm ICT by ANI
Gurgaon, Jan 5 (ANI): Sanjeev Aggarwal, who is the first complainant in the Rs. 300 core Citibank fraud, on Wednesday asserting that the fraud is a systemic failure said several parties are ... Read more...
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Net widens on alleged Rs.300 crore Citibank fraud case (Roundup)
January 5th, 2011 - 7:56 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Jan 5 (IANS) The Hero group Wednesday said two more of its executives may have been involved in the Rs.300-crore Citibank scam even as the businessman who charged the bank's global ... Read more...
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First complaint lodged in Citibank fraud case, top brass named (Second Lead)
January 4th, 2011 - 10:03 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Jan 4 (IANS) A businessman Tuesday filed a cheating complaint against Citibank and 11 others, including Citigroup's chief executive officer Vikram Pandit and manager Shivraj Puri, and sought the recovery of ... Read more...
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Citibank fraud: Gurgaon Police registers FIR against Citi Group CEO Pandit
January 4th, 2011 - 10:00 pm ICT by ANI
Gurgaon, Jan 4 (ANI): Gurgaon Police on Tuesday registered an FIR against Citi Group CEO Vikram Pandit and ten other officials in the cheating case worth around Rs. 300-crore pulled off by ... Read more...
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First complaint lodged in Citibank fraud case (Lead)
January 4th, 2011 - 8:57 pm ICT by IANS
Gurgaon, Jan 4 (IANS) A businessman Tuesday filed a cheating complaint against Citibank and 11 others, including manager Shivraj Puri, and sought the recovery of Rs.32 crore invested by him, police said.The ... Read more...
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Russian ex-oil tycoon convicted in fraud case
December 27th, 2010 - 3:54 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, Dec 27 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russia's former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky and his business partner Platon Lebedev were found guilty of embezzling 218 tonnes of oil worth $97.5 million by a Moscow ... Read more...
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I did not deserve six-month prison sentence for lying about steroid use: Jones
December 6th, 2010 - 6:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 6(ANI): Former American track and field athlete Marion Jones has said that she did not deserve a prison term for lying about steroid use and involvement in a drugs fraud ... Read more...
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Loan scam a case of graft, not fraud: CBI
November 26th, 2010 - 9:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Nov 26 (IANS) The alleged loan scam that resulted in the arrest of senior officials in some banks and financial institutions are individual cases of graft and not fraud, the ... Read more...
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Congress leaders demand Orissa CM Patnaik’s resignation over POSCO land
November 23rd, 2010 - 8:55 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov 23 (ANI): Congress leaders staged a sit in protest here on Tuesday and demanded the resignation of Orissa Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik alleging that rules were not followed, while ... Read more...
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