Indian man sentenced to 15.5 years in prison for gold scam in US, picked 16 gold bars from elderly victims

Indian man arrested in US for gold scam, sentenced to 15.5 years in prison. Syed M Makki, a 38-year-old Indian man in Illinois, has been sentenced to 15.5 years in prison without parole for taking part in gold scam targeting elderly victims. Gold scams are widespread in the US where scamsters convince senior citizens that […]

61 victims in 9 months: 39-year-old Indian man sent to jail in Australia, diagnosed with voyeuristic disorder

Indian man working in Australia as a massage therapist sent to jail for sexual abuse of 61 victims. 39-year-old Sumit Satish Rastogi, an Indian man in Adelaide, Australia, has been sentenced to 13 years and 10 months behind bars after pleading guilty to 97 offences, including multiple charges of aggravated indecent assault and indecent filming […]

‘My companions on this flight’: Iran marks Pakistan trip with tribute to Minab school strike victims

Image shared by Iranian Parliament Speaker Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf (posted on X) A symbolic gesture, images of children killed in the Minab incident were placed on seats aboard an Iranian government flight to Islamabad on Friday, turning the journey of a high-level delegation into a stark visual statement ahead of key peace talks.In a social […]

‘Put the matter behind…’: Bank of America agrees to pay $72.5 million to Epstein victims after years of legal battle

Bank of America has agreed to pay $72.5 million to settle a civil lawsuit brought by women who accused the bank of enabling sexual abuse and sex trafficking linked to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. The settlement was disclosed in court filings on Friday and still requires approval from a federal judge.The lawsuit was filed in […]

Jeffrey Epstein’s estate agrees to $35 million settlement for victims

Years after his death in a jail cell, convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein‘s estate has agreed to pay up to $35 million to settle claims from victims who allege abuse or trafficking by him over more than two decades.The proposed court judgment was filed Thursday and covers alleged assaults from January 1, 1995, through Epstein’s […]

Elon Musk offers to cover legal costs of Epstein victims who get sued for ‘speaking truth’

Elon Musk offered his support to victims of Jeffrey Epstein by offering to cover their legal expenses if they publicly name their abusers. His offer came in response to a discussion about a new PSA featuring Epstein’s victims that aired on Super Bowl Sunday.The tech billionaire made this commitment on X, replying to conservative commentator […]

From remembrance to ashes: Memorial for 41 victims of Swiss nightclub fire goes up in flames

A memorial honouring the 41 victims of a catastrophic New Year’s Day nightclub fire in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, was itself engulfed in flames early Sunday, increasing the anguish of a community still reeling from the original disaster.The tribute site, a tent filled with flowers, candles, and handwritten notes, had been erected near the Le Constellation club, […]

Epstein’s deathbed will: Who stood to inherit multimillion-dollar fortune, and what about the victims? | World News

FILE – Documents that were included in the U.S. Department of Justice release of the Jeffrey Epstein files are photographed Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick, File) Two days before he died in a New York jail cell in August 2019, Jeffrey Epstein signed a detailed legal document setting out how his vast fortune […]

‘You failed medicine, humanity’: Indian-origin doctor blasts at gynecologists who treated Epstein’s victims

Indian-origin Dr Nisha Patel raised questions over the gynecologists Jeffrey Epstein used to send his victims too and said all these physicians not only failed medicine but they also failed humanity. Just doing the job while children were being exploited is no defence and all those doctors should be ashamed of themselves, Patel wrote in […]

Two Indian-origin men arrested in US on money laundering charges; victims of scam ordered to pay in gold bars, cryptocurrency

Two Indian-origin men have been arrested in the United States on federal money laundering charges following an investigation into a large scam operation that targeted victims across several states, authorities said.Tejas Patel and Navya Bhatt are facing three counts of money laundering each, according to the Cleveland1. This comes after federal agents uncovered their alleged […]