Tag: Fraud

Koraput: A police complaint was filed on Saturday alleging financial irregularities at Jagannath Temple in Koraput. The temple’s operating committee lodged the complaint after a payment of Rs 6,97,900 via cheque for providing iron angles in 2012 was made to the wrong company. Following which Koraput police started an investigation into the case. The matter […]

Rourkela: A team of Bengaluru police today reached Rourkela and started investigation into the online racket that defrauded people across the country to the tune of lakhs of rupees. A member of the gang identified as Chetan Sharma has been arrested by Rourkela police. The police also seized nine pass books of different banks in […]

Cuttack: Odisha DGP RP Sharma on Monday issued a stern warning to police officers facilitating registration of fake accident cases in connivance with fraudsters to defraud insurance companies. The move comes in the wake of rising fraudulent insurance claims that have assumed serious proportions in Odisha. After taking cognizance of the alarming trend, Sharma has […]

Bolangir: While investigation into the tender fraud by Suraj Enterprises is on in full swing, questions are being raised on the alleged role of Bolangir Superintending Engineer (Roads and Building) Upendra Kumar Mund in the forgery. It is alleged that even though the State Bank of India (SBI) main branch at Bhawanipatna had apprised the […]

Jajpur: The Panikoili police of Jajpur district today arrested a person from Khariar area of Nuapada district on the charge of cheating people impersonating as Ollywood actor Babusan through a fake Facebook ID. The police arrested him on the basis of a complaint lodged by a woman of Panikoili. As per the complainant, the accused […]

Bhubaneswar: Have you ever been a victim of teleshopping fraud? It was nothing less than a shock for Bhubaneswar resident Bikrant Kumar who received small idols of deities instead of a phone he had ordered through teleshopping. According to reports, some days back Bikrant had received a call from an unknown number and was offered […]

Sambalpur: A major financial scam has come to limelight at Sambalpur University here after the institution’s financial controller alleged a senior section officer of duping funds worth Rs 48 lakh. Preliminary police probe revealed that section officer of the University Trinath Hati had allegedly embezzled National Service Scheme (NSS) funds worth Rs 47, 73,912 by […]

Bhubaneswar: In a success for the Crime Branch, two persons have been convicted in connection with misappropriation of government funds to the tune of Rs 1.9 crore in Jajpur District Panchayat Office here on Tuesday. Official sources said, former Panchayat Officer Brajaraj Biswal and cashier Bichitrananda Mohanty have been convicted to undergo 7 years imprisonment […]

Rourkela: The Rourkela Plant Site police today arrested two persons for allegedly duping job aspirants. The arrested were identified as Mangesh Baidya of Bhilai Chattisgarh and his security In-charge Bikram Singh. The cops also seized a Tata Safari that had a red beacon atop and other documents from their possession. Mangesh claimed himself to be […]

Baripada: The Vigilance court here on Wednesday awarded former State legislator Bimal Lochan Das one year jail term and penalty in connection with a loan fraud in Baripada Urban Bank Co-operative Bank. Sources said, the court has also penalised seven others for their involvement in the case. Das had sanctioned lakhs of rupees to different […]

Bhubaneswar: Former director of Air Odisha Aviation Pvt Ltd (AOAPL) Santosh Pani was arrested by the Khandagiri Police today on the basis of a NBW issued against him in connection with a fraud case. Sources said a complaint was filed against Pani on the allegation of cheating Sandeep Ray, son of former Union coal minister […]

Puri: As many as 100 youths were allegedly duped of Rs 1 crore by a Puri-based consultancy firm SCT Travel to Manpower on the pretext of jobs in overseas countries. According to sources, the consultancy firm, located at Kuchinda Vihar in Puri, cheated huge amount of money from the youths from Ganjam, Nayagarh, Puri, Khurda […]

Rourkela: Bandhamunda police today arrested three persons including a Railway mechanic fitter on the charge of defrauding the job aspirants with a promise to provide them jobs in Indian Railways. The arrested have been identified as Harry Anthony alias Harry, Bilkan Bhengra and Sugan Gudia. While Harry works as a mechanical fitter in Indian Railways, […]

Bhubaneswar: Vigilance sleuths today carried out searches at seven places, including the official residence of Himansu Kar alias Happy, as part of its investigation into the fraud committed by Motilala Gouda, the former assistant director of Factories & Boilers who is presently lodged at Jharapada jail for his involvement in the fake gazette notification scam. […]

New Delhi: CBI has initiated a preliminary enquiry against 34 budding cricketers and athletes of Odisha for allegedly manipulating their age records. CBI sources said the inquiry initiated by its Sports Integrity Unit has identified 34 sportsmen with regard to alleged age records fraud besides officials of Cuttack District Athletic Association and Odisha Cricket Association […]