Tag: Fraud

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PMC Bank Account Holders Can Withdraw Rs 40,000 As RBI Increases Withdrawal Limit

New Delhi: Bringing relief to thousands of stressed account holders of Punjab and Maharashtra Co-Operative Bank or PMC Bank, the Reserve Bank of India today raised withdrawal limit to Rs. 40,000 from earlier withdrawal limit of Rs. 25,000. “The Reserve Bank of India, after reviewing the bank’s liquidity position and its ability to pay its depositors has decided to […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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Imposter Odisha Man Held For Conning People For Jobs

Kandhamal: A man, who allegedly duped crores of rupees on the pretext of offering lucrative jobs to people was arrested by Phulbani Town Police. According to reports, Phulbani Town Police after receiving numerous complaints against the accused Rohit Behera, who cheated people in the name of offering government jobs by posing as an official, initiated […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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Bank Staff Loots Rs 10 Lakh From Customer In Odisha

Bolangir: In what could turn out to be a major concern for bank account holders, a temporary staffer of Central Cooperative Bank in Bolangir allegedly looted nearly Rs 10 lakh from a customer after stealing the ATM card. However, it is alleged that police are yet to take any action. As per reports, the accused […]

  • Saturday, 24 April 2021
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5 Held For Duping Person On Pretext Of Installing Mobile Tower

Rourkela: The cyber wing of Odisha police on Friday arrested five people for allegedly duping a person on pretext of installing mobile tower on his land, police said. The accused were arrested from Salt Lake, on the eastern fringes of Kolkata in West Bengal, they said. The person used to get calls from the accused […]

  • Friday, 23 April 2021
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Karateka Valena Valentina Duped With Stolen I-Phone By Conman

Bhubaneswar: What would you do when somebody offers a huge discount on a brand new Apple i-phone? Like many others, karate player Valena Valentina too got tempted by such offer, but the surprise soon became the shocker of her life after she found that the phone was a stolen one. Not only Valena, several government […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
Woman Director Of Real Estate Firm Arrested For Rs 7.31 Crore Fraud
EOW Arrests Couple For Duping Man Of Rs 1.5 Crore

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of Odisha Crime Branch on Tuesday arrested a couple for allegedly duping a man to the tune of Rs 1.5 crore. The arrested woman Mahasweta Biswal is managing director of real estate company M/s B.N. Infra Services Pvt. Ltd., while her husband Biswa Bhusan Biswal, was working as Joint […]

  • Thursday, 22 April 2021
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Crime Branch Releases Advisory Warning On Illegal Money Circulation Schemes

Bhubaneswar: The Economic Offences Wing(EOW) of Crime Branch, Odisha Police has released an advisory warning about the illegal money circulation schemes run by a private company. In the advisory, people have been warned about the fraud schemes of Vihaan Direct Selling (India) Private Limited, a franchisee of Hong Kong-based Q-Net Group of companies’, which lures […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
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Odisha man duped of Rs 30,000 in spam phone call

Cuttack: In yet another case of cyber crime, a resident of CDA area in Cuttack lost Rs 30,000 after falling prey to a spam telephone call. The victim, Sanjay Mahakud, claims he lost the amount after following the instructions on the phone given by the person who identified himself as an employee of a financial […]

  • Monday, 19 April 2021
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Conman Arrested For Trying To Cheat Odia Migrant In Name Of Actor Sabyasachi

Bhubaneswar: While the coronavirus-induced lockdown is unleashing miseries for thousands of migrant workers, for some it has come as an opportunity to dupe innocent people especially the migrants. Such an instance has come to fore where a conman tried to defraud an Odia migrant stranded in Coimbatore (now Koyampuththoor) using the name of Ollywood actor […]

  • Friday, 16 April 2021
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KBC Lottery Fraud: Don't Fall For Spam Call, Know Details

New Delhi: Fraudsters have been making phone calls to unsuspecting people to collect their personal details including bank account credentials to eventually dupe them of lakhs of rupees — by luring them into the trap of the “KBC Lottery”. The miscreants have been frauding people in a similar manner since long, and even as a […]

  • Monday, 12 April 2021
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Rs 6 Lakh Withdrawn Fraudulently From Bank Accounts Of Ram Mandir Trust

Ayodhya: An amount of Rs 6 lakh has been fraudulently withdrawn from the bank account of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust in Ayodhya. An FIR has been lodged in this regard at the Ayodhya Kotwali police station. A team of cyber experts has also been asked to investigate the case. According to the […]

  • Monday, 12 April 2021
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Man Picked Up By Delhi Police In Bhadrak On Fraud Charges

Bhadrak: A special squad of Delhi police has picked up a man from Naraharipur village under Dhusuri police limits in the district on charges of a fraud to the tune of around Rs 1 crore. The accused belongs to Bari area of Jajpur district. He visited his in-laws house at Naraharipur area in Bhadrak district […]

  • Thursday, 08 April 2021
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Odisha: '420' Youth Arrested For Duping Kidney Patients Of Lakhs

Bhubaneswar: The Commissionerate Police has arrested a youth from Bhubaneswar for allegedly duping lakhs of rupees from kidney patients on the pretext of arranging donors. The arrested youth Himanshu Bhusan Nanda, aged 32, happens to be a resident of Nuapatna in Pattamundai of Kendrapara district and had been staying in Uttara area of the capital […]

  • Tuesday, 06 April 2021
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Odisha Youth Duped By Fraudster On Pretext Of Erecting Cellular Tower

Nuapada: A youth named Subhash Thapa from Khamabahi village under Komna police limits was allegedly duped over Rs 1 Lakh by a fraudster on the pretext of erecting a mobile tower on his land. As per reports, Thapa was contacted by the fraudster disguised as a representative of Reliance Jio three months back. He offered […]

  • Sunday, 04 April 2021
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