PUNE: A 47-year-old software engineer from Pune has allegedly lost ₹2.17 crore in an online investment scam involving a fraudulent trading application, WhatsApp groups and forged regulatory credentials. The case highlights how cybercriminals use social media advertisements and fabricated investment platforms…
MUMBAI: The Maharashtra Cyber Department has reportedly arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with an alleged online stock-investment fraud involving ₹4.97 lakh. The complainant, a 42-year-old resident of Kalyan, Maharashtra, reported the alleged loss as part of a case that remains…
Pune Police have registered a case against 23 individuals accused of cheating at least 22 investors of approximately ₹14.7 crore through a cryptocurrency investment scheme promising unusually high returns. The case was registered at Bund Garden police station following a complaint from a…
MUMBAI: A 33-year-old woman working at a share trading firm has been arrested for allegedly selling shares worth ₹4.58 crore from a 76-year-old businessman’s demat account and replacing them with penny stocks without his consent. The South Cyber police said she…
An elderly local man has reportedly lost approximately 2.029 million patacas in an online stock investment scam after making multiple bank transfers and handing over cash in person, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Leong Sok Man said during a regular press conference…
AHMEDABAD: A retired bank manager in Ahmedabad has accused a stock trader of cheating him of ₹37.8 lakh after allegedly handing over approximately ₹46 lakh for investment. The complaint describes how small initial profits reportedly encouraged larger transfers, before repayment attempts allegedly…
| 'The fraud took place on October 15' | Inshorts Inshorts Email changed before US stocks were sold: Victim who lost 'life savings' in Stockal's ₹100-cr scam An Indian investor alleged her registered email address was changed without her consent and Stockal failed…
The alleged unauthorised transactions took place on October 15. Investors claim that their holdings in prominent US companies, including Apple, Amazon, Tesla, Alphabet, Nvidia and AMD, were liquidated and the proceeds used to purchase shares of Zhibao Technology Inc., a relatively…
Following Moneycontrol's report on the Stockal platform, another aggrieved investor has come forward, saying his brother also lost around $1 million in an alleged scam involving unauthorised stock trades and the liquidation of US blue-chip stocks without his consent. "My brother…
Hong Kong police have recorded more than 30 cases of online investment scams with losses exceeding HK$60 million over the past week, including one victim who was defrauded of HK$45 million after being lured into a bogus environmental investment platform. In…
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