It started like many other cases do — with a quiet knock at the police station and a man holding a crumpled bunch of deposit slips in shaking hands. “I lost everything, sir… ₹7.8 lakh,” he told P J Kuriakose, Station House Officer at Thadiyittaparambu. “They said I was earning profits through some trading app. […]
It was a cold morning in January 2025 when Ananya Verma received an email that would shatter her dreams. As a bright student from Noida, she had enrolled in FIITJEE’s Sector 62 center, paying a hefty fee for their renowned coaching program. The email, however, was anything but reassuring. “Dear Student,” it began, “We regret
Rohan Harmalkar stood by the window of his luxury villa, overlooking the serene beaches of Goa. The waves crashed softly in the distance, almost as if trying to drown out the chaos that was about to arrive. His phone buzzed. A short, panicked message lit up the screen:“The ED is raiding. Be ready.” For years,
It started like any other day for Priya (name changed), a regular college-going girl from Mumbai: final-year exams, assignments, late-night group projects, the usual hustle, until one morning, a stern-looking man in plain clothes showed up at her doorstep flashing his ID: GST Department, Mumbai Zone. “Are you Priya Sharma?” he asked. “Yes…” she replied,
Imagine a room full of traders. Phones ringing, deals flying, caffeine-fueled chaos. Now, picture someone in that room, not doing any trading, but just… listening. Quietly. Carefully. Every word, every instruction, every number whispered across the table is being mentally recorded. Now picture them turning around, placing a trade just moments before a giant institutional
It’s been years since Sahara made headlines. For a while, it felt like the whole story was over—just another chapter in India’s long list of financial scams. But in April 2025, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) pulled the curtains back again. “We’ve attached assets worth ₹1,500 crore in the Sahara case,” an ED officer said casually
When people think of Anupam Mittal, they think of a suave entrepreneur, Shark Tank investor, and the founder of one of India’s most trusted matrimonial platforms—Shaadi.com. But now, his name is in the middle of something he likely didn’t see coming: a cyber fraud case, where the Telangana High Court has directed him and two
A huge retail deal was in the works. One of the world’s biggest companies raised a serious objection. SEBI stepped in to investigate. And the company at the center of it all—Future Retail—is now in liquidation. Sounds dramatic? It is. Let’s break it down. The Deal That Was Supposed to Save Everything Future Retail, owned
Let’s be honest; everyone loves the idea of making easy money. But if it sounds too good to be true, chances are it’s a Ponzi scheme. These scams are like shape-shifters. One day it’s about real estate, the next it’s crypto, and the next it’s stock tips. In India, several alleged Ponzi-style schemes have surfaced
“Sir, she was like family. Always smiling, calling us ‘bhaiya’ and ‘didi’, promising double returns. We even brought more people in because we trusted her.” That’s what one of the investors who invested in Arbuda Ponzi scheme said when the police finally caught up with Nisha Agrawal, the woman who had disappeared into thin air
“Sir, I invested ₹10 lakh with them. For the first few months, I got profits every 30 days. Contract notes, statements, even emails saying my NIFTY trades had done well.” This was the first thing Mayank Kumar told SEBI. And he wasn’t alone. Dozens of investors, mostly regular retail traders—some young, some retired, a few
It was a regular evening in Panchkula when Manpreet Kaur received a call that would change everything. Sitting at her kitchen table, stirring a cup of chai, she hadn’t expected that this phone call would lead her and her husband into a scam worth ₹17.5 lakh. A Friendly Introduction “I still remember the first time
