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The FBI says Americans were duped out of more than $5.6 billion last year through fraud schemes involving cryptocurrency

A Lebanese judge has ruled that the country’s former central bank chief will remain in jail while facing charges of embezzling tens of millions of dollars from state coffers

security situation. It also said the Supreme Court-mandated Manipur Commission of Inquiry must expedite its probe. Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge alleged that Prime Minister Narendra Modi's «abject failure» in Manipur is «unforgivable». The opposition party's assertions come amid fresh violence in which at least five people were killed in the state's Jiribam district on Saturday.

ISIS plot targeting U.S. Jews was able to get into Canada.Federal officials declined to answer questions about the immigration status of Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, citing privacy laws, and said only they were reviewing how he came to Canada.The U.S.

Sayedpura area of Surat, six people pelted stones at a Ganesh Pandal and all of them were arrested. The Minister said that police have also arrested the other 27 people who were involved in encouraging such an incident. Speaking to ANI, Harsh Sanghvi said, «In the Sayedpura area of Surat, 6 people pelted stone on the Ganesh Pandal...All these 6 people were arrested and the police have also arrested the other 27 people who were involved in encouraging such an incident… The investigation is underway. Police are deployed in all the areas of Surat. Those who will breach the peace in the state, action will be taken against them.»

Afghanistan in August 2021. The report contends that the administration made its decision to evacuate noncombatants far too late, formally ordering it only on Aug. 16, failed to communicate between departments in Washington and among officials in Afghanistan, and botched the paperwork for the departure of Afghan civilians eligible to leave the country. It is the result of a three-year investigation led by Representative Michael McCaul, Republican chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

ecommerce and forex trading portals, following investigations by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), said people aware of the matter. They include OctaFX, Fairplay, Magicwin, Mahadev Online Book and 30 others, operated by promoters located in Spain, Dubai, Russia and Pakistan.

West Bank on Sunday, the first such incident since the Gaza war began in October, straining ties between the Jewish state and the Hashemite kingdom. Israel's army said that the gunman accessed the Allenby Bridge crossing, also known as the King Hussein Bridge, from the Jordanian side in a truck and fired shots before he was killed by Israeli guards. The victims were identified as forklift operators above the age of 50. The crossing, which is used mainly by Palestinians and foreigners, was closed while Israeli security forces conducted searches given suspicions that the truck might have been rigged with explosives, the army said. Al Arabiya TV showed a backlog of trucks on the Jordanian side after the closing.

Enforcement Directorate (ED) will focus more on restoration of assets and properties to people defrauded by wrongdoers booked by the agency under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) besides expediting the conclusion of its investigations, people aware of the development told ET. The top brass of the federal agency recently held meetings to discuss the issue and take a conscious decision to ensure restitution of assets to victims, they said. ED officials are also identifying cases in which restitution of assets can be expedited, they said.

It allowed unlicensed money transfers from around the world to reach gamblers.

Darshan Thoogudeepa, who is embroiled in the high-profile Renukaswamy murder case, has been making waves ever since his transfer to Ballari jail. The buzz isn't just about his legal battle, but also the curious detail of his undertrial prisoner number – 511. Darshan's previous identification in Bengaluru's Parappana Agrahara Central Jail was UTP No. 6106. However, after a controversial photograph surfaced showing him smoking with a notorious rowdy sweater, he was relocated to Ballari prison. Here, he was assigned UTP No. 511, a number that adds up to 7, aligning with the actor's well-documented obsession with the digit.

Congress on Sunday said the SEBI investigation into «the Adani Group's brazen attempt» to bypass regulations is still languishing and the capital markets regulator has a lot to explain. Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh's remarks attacking SEBI came after a media report which claimed that two Mauritius-based foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), who were mentioned in the January 2023 report on the Adani Group by short-seller Hindenburg Research, have petitioned the Securities Appellate Tribunal, seeking urgent relief from complying with SEBI's new foreign investor norms. «Two Mauritius-based foreign portfolio investors (FPIs), a part of the revelations in the still-unfolding Modani mega scam, have now petitioned the Securities Appellate Tribunal, seeking urgent relief from complying with SEBI's new foreign investor norms before the upcoming September 9th deadline,» Ramesh said. Both the FPIs are alleged to be violating rules that require investors to not be over-invested in a single stock, he said.

Prakash Singh case. State governments have been loath to implement the order because it would mean political leaders relinquishing personal control over the coercive apparatus that they covet. As much as these structural reforms are desirable, we need to think of other politically feasible reforms that take us in the right direction.

school principal and father of a 14-year-old rape survivor have been arrested for allegedly tampering with the birth records of the girl to help the accused secure bail, police said on Sunday. The principal was arrested from Deoria on Thursday while the girl's father was caught from Behror in Rajasthan on Saturday night, Station House Officer (SHO) of Murlipura Police Station Sunil Kumar Jangir said. The girl had lodged an FIR in July alleging that her aunt had sold her to one Sandeep Yadav, a resident of Haryana, for Rs two lakh and that she was subsequently raped. The case was registered under various sections of the IPC and POCSO Act and after investigation, her aunt, Sandeep Yadav and his father Satveer Yadav were arrested and sent to judicial custody.

Gov. Jim Justice says a coal miner was killed on the job in West Virginia on Friday night

The Toronto Police Service is asking for the public’s help with a homicide investigation related to a shooting that left one dead last Sunday in the city’s west end.

Himanta Biswa Sarma on Saturday said the government will recommend a CBI probe into the illegal online trading scam unearthed in the state, if required at a later stage. A top police officer said so far 59 arrests have been made, 22 look-out circulars issued, and 14 Special Investigation Teams (SITs) formed in connection with the scam. Reports indicate that several online trading firms operated in the state without adhering to SEBI or RBI guidelines, leading to significant investor losses. A number of traders involved in these firms have been apprehended, while others remain at large. «Assam Police has set up Special Investigation Teams (SIT) to monitor the cases of illegal online trading. The Enforcement Directorate and Income Tax have been taken into confidence. At the district level, the district police is handling it and the CID is tackling it at the headquarters level,» Sarma told reporters here.

Initial results of autopsies conducted on four of the people who died on board the Bayesian superyacht revealed the victims may have died of suffocation as opposed to drowning.

RG Kar hospital Sandip Ghosh has been operating a "criminal nexus" along with the other «co-accused» for «wrongful gains», according to initial findings of the CBI's probe into financial irregularities at the medical establishment here, an officer claimed on Saturday. The central probe agency had also placed the findings before a special court here during a hearing earlier in the week, he said. The CBI had arrested Ghosh, two vendors, and his security person for their alleged involvement in financial irregularities at the state-run hospital, where the rape-murder of a young doctor has triggered nationwide protests. «These (two) vendors were known to Ghosh since he was with the Murshidabad Medical College and Hospital. We have found that they granted the contracts of RGKMC&H (RG Kar Medical College and Hospital) only because of their proximity with Ghosh,» the officer said.

chargesheet against disgraced Kannada star Darshan has yielded one shocking revelation after the other. The ‘Majestic’ actor is now languishing behind bars for the murder of Renukaswamy, a 33-year-old auto driver. Pavithra Gowda, his alleged girlfriend, has been named as the ‘root cause’ behind the murder in the 3,991-page chargesheet. Although Gowda did not actively participate in the murder, she did hit the victim several times with her slipper.

Amazon Freevee has confirmed that Bosch: Legacy will conclude with its upcoming third season. The eagerly awaited season is set to premiere in March 2025, marking the end of this successful spinoff of the popular Bosch series, as mentioned in a report by Decider. Bosch: Legacy follows the story of retired homicide detective Harry Bosch, portrayed by Titus Welliver, as he transitions into his new role as a private investigator.