AI has already changed the game for cybercriminals. The barrier to entry has never been lower, which means it has never been easier to commit cybercrime. According to a research by McAfee’s upcoming report, ‘The Artificial Imposter’, reveals how AI technology is fuelling a rise in online voice scams. McAfee’s researchers discovered that they had … Read more
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Thursday barred several social media influencers from the securities market and impounded their unlawful gains, in connection with pump-and-dump schemes in shares of Sharpline Broadcast and Sadhna Broadcast. Arshad Warsi and his wife Maria Goretti Warsi profited ₹29.43 lakh and ₹37.56 lakh respectively from the scheme, … Read more
Two months after FTX filed for bankruptcy, lawyers for the cryptocurrency exchange have begun to identify and put a value on its assets, as they determine how much they will be able to recover to repay lenders and customers who lost billions of dollars. In a court filing, lawyers from the New York firm of … Read more
Car workshop and auto spare parts platform, GoMechanic is going to let go of approximately 70% of its workforce. This was announced by co-founder Amit Bhasin in a long LinkedIn post. GoMechanic, which offers everything from mechanics to carwashing services on an app, bills itself as having India’s largest auto service center network. With its … Read more
Several professors of JNU and other institutions have accused a former JNU employee of duping them of crores of rupees promising them homes on a DDA plot under a housing development scheme which was never there. After waiting for over seven years, when these academics did not get anything except hollow promises, their patience ran … Read more
The Enforcement Directorate has attached assets worth ₹757.77 crore of Amway India Enterprises Private Limited, which has been accused of running a multi–level marketing scam. The attached properties include a land parcel and factory building of Amway in Tamil Nadu’s Dindigul district, plant and machineries, vehicles, bank accounts and fixed deposits. The 36 bank accounts … Read more
The State Bank of India (SBI) on Sunday said that it had filed a complaint against ABG Shipyard — regarding a massive Rs 22,842 crore bank fraud — with the CBI in November 2019. It added that a second and more comprehensive complaint was filed with the agency in December 2020. The bank, in a … Read more
Navinder Singh Sarao was arrested in 2015, accused of helping cause a $1 trillion market crash. Sarao was accused by the US government of manipulating markets by posting then canceling huge volumes of orders to trick other participants about supply and demand — a brand new offence known as ‘spoofing.’ In this extract from hs … Read more