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Cybercriminals are impersonating delivery agents and tricking users into dialling USSD codes that silently forward calls to fraudsters.

How a simple delivery call can hijack your phone using USSD codes

January 10, 2026 9:34 am

With just one dialled code, users can unknowingly lose control over their device. In this edition of The Safe Side, we take you through how this scam works, why it is dangerous, and how you can protect yourself.

Kamal Nath's nephew and industrialist Ratul Puri discharged in Rs 354-crore bank fraud case

June 23, 2025 5:16 pm

Public sector banks refused to grant sanctions to investigate 40 staffers in the case, benefiting Ratul Puri and the other accused.

Noida: Woman duped of Rs 65 lakh by her ‘live-in-partner’ whom she met via popular matrimonial website

June 18, 2025 1:03 am

According to the police sources, the accused had secretly installed a mobile application on the woman’s phone, which he used to transfer funds without her knowledge

Delhi: How govt employee duped colleague of Rs 24 lakh — splurged on 2 iPhones, motorcycle, laptop

June 18, 2025 1:29 am

According to police, the financial trail revealed that Rs 16.05 lakh from Kumar’s wife’s account had been transferred to the account of a man in Kolkata

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Bank fraud amount jumps by three times to Rs 36,014 crore in FY25: RBI

May 30, 2025 3:31 am

Over 59 pc of fraud cases reported by private banks; 13,516 frauds involved cards and internet in 2024-25

The ED also conducted searches at 10 locations across Gujarat and Maharashtra. (File)

11.17 crore bank fraud: ED attaches properties of 2 firms worth Rs 34 lakh

March 26, 2025 10:38 pm

During the course of investigation, ED said, it analysed numerous bank account statements of beneficiaries to investigate the end use of the money received fraudulently by the suspected persons.

ED attaches assets worth nearly Rs 80 crore in bank fraud case against pharma company

January 27, 2025 7:01 pm

According to the ED, the total attachment and seizure in the money laundering case against Sharon Bio-Medicine has now reached Rs 96.20 crore.

The premises raided by the ED included those of RJD MLA and former Bihar Minister Alok Kumar Nath. Nath was also a promoter of the Vaishali Shahri Vikas (VSV) cooperative bank.

ED raids RJD MLA, others in Bihar co-op bank 'fraud' PMLA case

January 10, 2025 1:10 pm

The money laundering investigation stems from some state police FIRs filed against the bank and its office-bearers for alleged embezzlement of funds worth about Rs 85 crore.

ED conducts searches at 14 locations in Mumbai, Delhi in Rs 4,957 crore bank fraud case

January 04, 2025 8:09 pm

The ED searches were part of an investigation into a fraud case against Pratibha Industries Limited and its directors. Bank accounts and mutual funds worth Rs 5.4 crore were frozen as part of the probe.