President Donald Trump is granting pardons to reality television stars Todd and Julie Chrisley, who were convicted of fraud and tax evasion, the latest offer of clemency to prominent figures accused of white-collar crimes. Trump communications aide Margo Martin posted a video to X showing the president on a call with the Chrisleysâ daughter, Savannah…
(Bloomberg) — Alex Mashinsky, the founder of cryptocurrency lender Celsius Network, was ordered to spend 12 years in prison for defrauding hundreds of thousands of customers lured by his firmâs high interest rates on digital-asset deposits. Mashinsky, who pleaded guilty in December, was sentenced Thursday by US District Judge John Koeltl in Manhattan. Federal prosecutors…
Mumbai/Bengaluru: “I was horrified to see strangers standing next to my bed,” D.K. Goel, founder of FIITJEE, the coaching institute, narrated how officials from the Enforcement Directorate stormed into his bedroom at his house in Delhiâs Vasant Vihar on Thursday, about ten minutes past 5 am. “They refused to show me any identification cards. I…
Ah, the sweet irony of great expectations. A digital currency born out of rebellionâcreated by an anonymous entity right after the 2008 financial crisis that America gifted the worldâis now being paraded around by the very institutions it was designed to overthrow. Bitcoin was meant to challenge financial systems under sovereign control. By offering an…
A doctor from Coimbatore has fallen victim to a sophisticated cyber scam, losing a staggering âš15.50 lakh after clicking on a seemingly harmless YouTube link. The fraud, which unfolded between December 2024 and January 2025, was first reported byThe Times of India and highlights the growing menace of online investment traps. Dr Karthik, an active…
Discovering unauthorized queries in your credit report is a gut punch. It can signal potential fraud and impact future access to credit. Time counts to protect your financial well-being. Here is how to tackle those suspicious entries: Notify the credit bureau immediately: Call your respective credit bureau directly. Report the unauthorized inquiries to them. Provide…
Andhra Pradesh Southern Power Distribution Company Ltd (APSPDCL) on Wednesday cautioned the public against online scammers trying to loot money from consumers in the name of pending electricity bill payments. Nellore Superintending Engineer V. Vijayan said that these scammers send fake messages with forged unpaid bills and links to consumers seeking immediate payments, and threaten…
The blockchain will initially include documents like building permission certificates, work orders, and colony development permissions. Airchains claims it has developed zero-knowledge proofs and fully homomorphic encryption (FHE) technologies, which will safely store the data and allow it to be transparently accessed, while securing and protecting it from fraud. Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) is a…
Mule accounts, so named because they act as conduits for sending and receiving funds that do not belong to the bank account holder, usually remain dormant but can see a sudden spurt in typically low-value, high-volume transactions. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has urged banks to keep a close watch on such accounts. RBI…
