Many people posted screenshots of the alleged MobiKwik user data, which, according to sources, was up for sale for 1.5 bitcoin or about $86,000.
The recent default on deposit payments by a couple of Yash Birla Group companies has brought to surface difficulties an investor has to face in recovering his money.
It can be noted that ever since Satyam Computers scandal came out in January 2009, the audit world, especially the Big Four, have been under fire from the regulators.
The Jammu and Kashmir Police recently arrested five suspected "white-collar jihadis" who were behind a campaign to spread falsehood about the sovereignty of the country.
The Government of Dominica has told a court there to reject the habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of businessman Mehul Choksi who had claimed that he was abducted and forcefully brought to the Caribbean island nation, local media reported. The high court of Dominica ordered that the businessman be produced in a magistrate court to answer charges of his illegal entry into the country and adjourned the hearing on the habeas corpus petition till Thursday, according to local media. Rejecting the submission of Choksi who is wanted in India in an alleged Rs 13,500 crore loan fraud case in Punjab National Bank, the prosecution said the habeas corpus petition does not stand as he had illegally entered the country and was subsequently detained.
Chinese companies have 'designed' the sugar syrup which is used to adulterate honey so that it can pass Indian laboratory tests, reveals Sunita Narain.
The Dominica high court on Wednesday ordered that diamantaire Mehul Choksi be produced before a magistrate there to answer charges of his illegal entry into the Caribbean island country, local media reported. Dominica high court Judge Bernie Stephenson issued the orders after nearly three hours of hearing on a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of Choksi who had claimed that he was abducted from neighbouring Antigua and Barbuda and forcefully brought to the Caribbean Island nation. She adjourned the habeas corpus matter till Thursday, Dominica News Online reported.
Nothing has changed markets more dramatically than the Web.
PV Sindhu while addressing the newly-appointed Assistant Directors of the Sports Authority of India through an online session, stressed on the importance of parents, coaches, administrators working as a team to build up a champion.
It is said that at least 60 customers and nine brokerage firms have been victimised. One brokerage firm reported losses as high as more than two million dollars.
The United States has demanded the immediate and full restoration of the democratically elected government in Myanmar and said that America stands with the elected representatives of the Asian nation.
Consumer loans or personal continue to record the highest fraud incidence.
Sections in the draft Personal Data Protection Bill are a blatant violation of the Right to Privacy as guaranteed by the Constitution.
The CAG audit and other data suggests it could be far from the efficient new alternative that was once conceptualised. A conclusive review remains elusive till the government begins to release more granular and comparable data on the complex backend of GST to a deeper scrutiny, by researchers, auditors and the public.
Fintechs need to behave with responsibility and transparency. A lot of mis-selling has been happening. Other issues have been plaguing the fledgling industry -- high interest rates, even higher processing fees, harsh collection process and, most critically, data leakage leading to rampant frauds, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The latest fraud unfolding online has scammers targetting 'single' males.
The high court verdict in April upheld the 2018 ruling by Chief Magistrate Emma Arbuthnot at the end of a year-long extradition trial that the former Kingfisher Airlines boss had a "case to answer" in the Indian courts.
The global study covered 17 countries.
Roopam Asthana, CEO and whole-time director, Liberty General Insurance Ltd, answers your queries on HEALTH and AUTO insurance.
Prashant and Abhay were nabbed after one Manoj Kumar Sauguna complained that he had deposited approximately Rs 1.47 lakh in their account after he got an e-mail that he had won a million pounds in an online lottery, the police said on Tuesday.
Every online user must put these additional security layer in place to prevent theft of their online identities and vital information like user IDs and passwords
In a landmark judgment, a federal jury in the US has indicted three Indians - two from Chennai and one settled in Malaysia - for hacking online accounts of brokerage firms and siphoning off millions of dollars.
A bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra said Bharat Stage-IV vehicles sold after March 31 this year and those whose details have not been uploaded on the e-Vahan portal of the government will not be registered.
Delhi brokers under SEBI's glare for drawing investors through ads promising unrealistic returns.
The payments industry is at a crossroads with the banking regulator on two pressing issues, neither of which seems headed towards an amicable solution. Depending upon which side accommodates the other, customers in India will have to choose between convenience and ironclad safety. In the end, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), which regulates both banks and all payments services providers, will prevail. But the question is: will it do so by bending a little or by sticking to its firm stand? The two issues - one concerning payment facilitators storing customers' card details and the other about auto-renewal of payments - appear similar but aren't.
Thomas Ninad's bank account was defrauded of Rs 14 lakh under mysterious circumstances.
Japan has witnessed its worst tragedy till date. As the world sets out to help the massive quake and subsequent tsunami-ravaged victims and their families, there are already some frauds online who are trying to make the best of the situation.
About 50 per cent of respondents said they spent close to five hours on the Internet daily.
Major shareholder Kinnevik, a Swedish investment firm, devalued Quikr by 45%, referring to the exaggerated revenue resulting from fraudulent transactions that rocked the company. Quikr is now valued at about $577 million.
Sixty-eight paintings that once belonged to fugitive diamond merchant Nirav Modi will go under the hammer next week.
In an online chat with Get Ahead readers on April 27, US Consular Officer answered queries about how to avoid being caught in visa scams and the consequences of engaging in visa fraud and determining eligibility for an immigrant visa. Here is the unedited excerpt.
Security researchers have warned about the latest Facebook threat, dubbed as 'likejacking', which tricks users into clicking a link that marks a spam site as one of user's Facebook 'likes.'
State's move is seen as a pilot for a national rollout of online land title records. Maharashtra plans to start the system in Mumbai.
The jury trial of Susan Xiao Ping Su, the president and owner of the now shutdown Tri-Valley University in California, began on March 3.
Four leading hotels in Coimbatore have received e-mails in the name of Al Qaeda threatening to bomb them and demanding huge sums as protection money. The police suspect this to be the handiwork a Nigerian gang.
The trial of Susan Xiao Ping Su, the president and owner of the fraud-ridden Tri-Valley University, started on Tuesday.
An online White House petition demanding the Obama administration drop the visa fraud case against Devyani Khobragade has been launched in Washington, DC by a group of Indian-Americans who said the senior Indian diplomat's public humiliation hurts the sentiments of the community.
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Can you imagine your life without a credit card? Whether it's to make payments online, shop till you drop, or for use as a lifeline in an emergency, the arrival of the credit card has been fortuitous both for the consumer, as well as the credit card company.
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