RBI’s ‘MuleHunter’ AI Tool to Curb Digital Fraud: Govt in Parliament | Udaipur Kiran

Udaipur, March 30 (Udaipur Kiran): The Reserve Bank of India has introduced an artificial intelligence-based tool ‘MuleHunter’ to identify money mules and has advised banks and financial institutions to adopt it to curb digital fraud. The information was shared by Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary in Parliament in response to a question raised […]

Rajasthan Vidyapeeth Suspended Professor Arrested in Fraud Case | Udaipur Kiran

Udaipur, March 29 (Udaipur Kiran): Pratapnagar police in Udaipur on Saturday arrested Dr. Dilip Singh Chauhan, a suspended Assistant Professor from the Yoga Department of Janardan Rai Nagar Rajasthan Vidyapeeth University, in connection with an alleged embezzlement case. According to police, Chauhan is accused of misappropriating lakhs of rupees through fake bills during his tenure […]

Indian-origin man in US steals $1 million in loan fraud, buys land in Fresno with pandemic relief money

An Indian-origin man in California has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for loan fraud. An Indian-origin man in California has been sentenced to 14 months in prison for defrauding the government’s Paycheck Protection Program Loan. 37-year-old Gurjeet Bath has also been ordered to pay a $100,000 criminal fine. Bath applied for this loan, […]

Withdrawn H-1B petition can still trigger fraud investigation, says new landmark decision

If two companies file H-1B petitions for the same individual not by mistake but to game the lottery, it is considered fraud. If one withdraws the petition in the nick of time, the matter was not pursued by the USCIS but now a landmark decision by the USCIS Administrative Appeals Office says that withdrawing a […]

Billion-stream ‘ghost artist’ exposed: North Carolina man pleads guilty in first-ever AI music fraud case, forfeits $8.1M | World News

It is a feat most Grammy winners never achieve: billions of streams across the world’s largest platforms. But for Michael Smith, a 54-year-old North Carolina resident, the “fans” didn’t exist. They were lines of code, and the music was “AI slop.”Smith has officially pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, marking the first-ever criminal […]

Florida man loses US citizenship over $3.8 million Covid-19 relief fraud scheme; may face deportation

A man living in Florida has been stripped of his United States citizenship after being convicted in a multi-million dollar Covid-19 fraud case, according to a federal court ruling.The decision was issued by a US judge who found that the man, 25-year-old Joff Stenn Wroy Philossaint, had obtained his citizenship unlawfully and later took part […]

Indian origin Sital Singh gets 4 years in US for $9.3 million elder fraud scheme; court ordered him to pay $6.6 million in restitution

A US court has sentenced Indian-origin Sital Singh to four years in prison for his role in a multi-million-dollar fraud scheme that targeted elderly victims across the country. on Thursday also ordered Singh, 43, to pay $6.6 million in restitution. Prosecutors said the scheme, operated in coordination with overseas scammers, defrauded victims of nearly $9.3 […]

Brampton man Udayveer Dhillon arrested over fraud scheme targeting South Asians with temporary immigration status

A 21-year-old Brampton man has been arrested after police uncovered an alleged fraud scheme that targeted members of the South Asian community with temporary immigration status.Investigators with the Peel Regional Police Fraud Bureau say the accused, identified as Udayveer Dhillon, was taken into custody on March 9 following an investigation that began in the summer […]

‘People don’t just show up at an ICE facility’: Major row over Sunny Naqvi’s ‘detention’ in Chicago, woman called ‘lying fraud’

A major row broke out after the federal administration contradicted the claims of the family members of Sunny Naqvi that she was detained for around 43 hours after arriving at a Chicago airport, though Naqvi is a US citizen. The Department of Homeland Security said the claims were blatantly false. Naqvi was referred for a […]