fraud schemes

US: Indian student given 5 years jail for tech help to telemarketing scam

Bishwajeet Kumar Jha, 21, the ringleader of a group of Indian college students doing hospitality industry internships in the US, defrauded the senior citizens aged between 58 years to 93 years.

Jun 11, 2019, 11:12 AM IST

Bill to check ponzi schemes put on hold

A proposed bill to check fraudulent multi-level marketing (MLM) or ponzi schemes has been put on hold by the government.

Aug 02, 2015, 14:46 PM IST

To clamp down on illicit schemes; not wary of litigations: Sinha

Sending a strong signal to those dressing up their illicit money-pooling schemes as 'credit cooperative societies' or other permissible activities, market regulator Sebi has said it is very serious in bringing them to book and is not wary of 'intensive litigations'.

Aug 29, 2014, 16:59 PM IST