Navi Mumbai businessman duped of Rs 3.5 lakh in fake cryptocurrency deal
Thane (PTI): A 29-year-old businessman from Navi Mumbai was allegedly duped of Rs 3.5 lakh by four persons on the pretext of selling him cryptocurrency, police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred on Wednesday in Turbhe MIDC, where two of the accused, identified as Vishal and Kabir, called the complainant to collect crypto tokens from them, an official said.
"When the complainant reached the location, two unidentified persons dressed in police uniforms arrived in a car, forcibly checked the packet containing Rs 3.5 lakh and snatched it away. All four accused fled the spot," he said.
A first information report has been registered under sections 318(4) (cheating), 204 (personating a public servant), and other relevant provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), and a probe is underway, the official said.
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CBI registers fresh case against Reliance Communications, Anil Ambani
New Delhi (PTI): The CBI on Wednesday registered a fresh case against industrialist Anil Ambani and Reliance Communications Ltd for allegedly causing a loss of Rs 3,750 crore to Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) of India, officials said.
The CBI has filed the case for the alleged offences of conspiracy, cheating and misappropriation and under the provisions of the Prevention of Corruption Act on a complaint from the LIC, making it the fourth case against the company and Anil Ambani, they said.
The agency has alleged that LIC was fraudulently induced to subscribe to Non Convertible Debentures (NCDs) worth Rs. 4500 crore between 2009 and 2012 on the basis of false representations made by Reliance Communications Ltd. and its management regarding the financial health of the company, and security and asset cover offered to LIC while subscribing to the NCDs.
The insurer suffered a loss of over Rs 3,750 crore and ordered a forensic audit against the company.
The forensic audit report dated October 15, 2020, conducted by BDO India LLP, reported that RCOM and its management had resorted to misutilisation of funds raised from banks and financial institutions, routing of funds through subsidiaries, misuse of sale invoice financing, discounting of fictitious bills, systematic siphoning of funds through inter-company deposits/shell related entities, creating and write-off of fictitious debtors and receivables and gross overstatement of security.
It said there was a mismatch between the charges and the assets.
