Cincinnati (AP): A man who broke windows at Vice President JD Vance's Ohio home and caused other property damage was detained early Monday, the US Secret Service said.

The man was detained shortly after midnight by Secret Service agents assigned to Vance's home, east of downtown Cincinnati, agency spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement emailed to The Associated Press. He has not been named.

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The Secret Service heard a loud noise at the home around midnight and found a person who had broken a window with a hammer and was trying to get into the house, according to two law enforcement officials who were not publicly authorised to discuss the investigation and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

The man had also vandalised a Secret Service vehicle on his way up the home's driveway, one of the officials said.

The home, in the Walnut Hills neighbourhood, was unoccupied at the time, and Vance and his family were not in Ohio, Guglielmi said.

The Secret Service is coordinating with the Cincinnati Police Department and the US attorney's office as charging decisions are reviewed, he said.

Vance's office directed questions to the Secret Service and said his family was already back in Washington.

Walnut Hills is one of the city's oldest neighbourhoods and is home to historic sites, including the Harriet Beecher Stowe House.

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Mangaluru: Mangaluru City police have arrested two persons for allegedly collecting bank accounts from the public and using them for cyber fraud.

The accused have been identified as Mohammed Aneesh (30) from Kasaba Bengre, Kuloor Post, and Saleeth Ahmed M (32) from Surathkal.

According to the Cyber Command Unit, a complainant Mohammed Sinan approached Mangaluru City Cyber Crime police station on Wednesday and alleged that the accused had taken his bank account under the pretext of using it for a trading business. However, the account was later used for cyber fraud.

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Based on this complaint, a case was registered under section 66(C) and 66(D) of the IT Act and under section 308 (5), 318(4), 319 (2), 3 (5) of BNS. During the investigation, technical evidence was collected and analysed.

According to police, the accused revealed that they purchased USDT from Indians at a lower price, and sold it at a higher price to scammers in China. The Chinese scammers allegedly transferred money obtained through cyber fraud committed against Indians into the bank accounts provided by the accused.

To facilitate these transactions, the accused collected bank accounts from general public in Mangaluru. The police seized four mobile phones, 18 debit cards, 17 bank passbooks, six cheque books, USDT 1,479.31 and a car from the accused.

It was also found that the accused had full knowledge of the cyber fraud. Whenever complaints were registered against the bank accounts used for cyber fraud, and the accounts were frozen, they allegedly collected new bank accounts and continued the fraudulent activities.

Further interrogation revealed that the accused had collected more than 70 bank account details from people in Mangaluru city and used them for cyber fraud. Out of these, 37 bank accounts were already reported on NCRP portal, with more than 88 complaints registered across the country.

Further investigation is underway.