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The Supreme Court set aside a High Court order that had quashed a fraud case based on a compromise between the parties. The Court held that economic offences affect society at large and cannot be settled through private compromises.
Multiple cases are pending against AAP politician Satyendar Jain involving CCTV project tenders, sewage tenders, and money laundering investigations. The Enforcement Directorate filed a chargesheet in 2025 against Jain and 13 others, with four additional cases filed by different agencies.
The CBI conducted coordinated searches at 80 locations across 16 states and Union Territories as part of a crackdown on cybercriminal networks involved in digital arrest scams. Two arrests were made during the operation. The investigation targets organized fraud schemes that have victimized hundreds of people across India.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court denied pre-arrest bail to an individual accused of furnishing a forged Aadhaar card to provide fake surety in a court case. The court highlighted a broader concern regarding the increasing trend of fake sureties being used in legal proceedings.
A mule account holder was arrested in connection with a Rs 20 lakh cyber fraud case in Mumbai. The victim was defrauded between November 2025 and January 2026 after being added to an unknown WhatsApp group containing over a hundred members.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court denied bail to an individual accused of impersonating an Army Major to cheat a woman and job seekers.
CBI chargesheeted 33 accused in a cyber fraud case involving a Delhi executive defrauded of Rs 50 lakh. The scheme used fake 'digital arrest' claims to extort money. The accused include proprietors of dummy firms, technical handlers, and money mules who routed funds.
The Supreme Court is considering whether match-fixing in cricket can be legally classified as 'cheating' under existing laws. The BCCI has advocated for specific legislation to criminalize the practice.
Authorities detected multiple instances of impersonation and the use of forged documents during the written examination for the recruitment of constables in the Uttar Pradesh Police. Investigations are ongoing to identify the individuals involved in these fraudulent activities.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has conducted a crackdown on a cyber fraud network that allegedly targeted US nationals. The operation, involving coordination with the FBI, uncovered a scheme where accused individuals gained unauthorized remote access to victims' systems and bank accounts by posing as technical support.
The Delhi High Court held that quashing of a predicate offence on the basis of compromise does not automatically extinguish PMLA proceedings. The Court clarified that a PMLA case can only be erased if the predicate offence is quashed on merits with a judicial finding that the offence never occurred, which would eliminate the foundation of the money laundering case.
The Enforcement Directorate filed a fresh chargesheet against Partha Chatterjee in the Bengal school recruitment scam case. The ED revealed a 'rate card' indicating alleged charges of Rs 10–20 lakh per post in the recruitment fraud scheme.
Actor Shilpa Shetty Kundra and businessman Raj Kundra have approached the Bombay High Court to quash an FIR involving a ₹60 crore cheating complaint, and have urged the court to direct police not to file a chargesheet.
Mohammad Umar, a 32-year-old man from West Bengal, was arrested by the Chandigarh Cyber Crime Police Station for allegedly defrauding a city resident of Rs 23.2 lakh through an online investment scheme.
Robert Vadra, businessman and husband of Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, is accused in a money laundering case related to an alleged fraudulent land transaction in Shikohpur village, Gurugram, Haryana in 2008. The Enforcement Directorate alleges he received Rs 58 crore as proceeds of crime from the 3.53-acre land deal. A chargesheet has been filed, and a Delhi court has summoned Vadra and eight others to appear.
A man was arrested for impersonating a government forest officer to conduct a job recruitment scam. The accused allegedly cheated at least five individuals of Rs 20 lakh.
The CBI registered an FIR in May 2025 against a Deputy General Manager of Oil India and two company officials alleging bribery in connection with a tender. A chargesheet was subsequently filed naming the accused individuals.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) filed a prosecution complaint (chargesheet) under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) before Rouse Avenue Courts, Delhi, naming Congress leaders Sonia Gandhi, Rahul Gandhi, Sam Pitroda, Suman Dubey, and others, alleging laundering of proceeds of crime derived from the alleged fraudulent takeover of Associated Journals Limited (AJL) properties worth over ₹2,000 crore by Young Indian Pvt. Ltd. Special Judge Vishal Gogne of Rouse Avenue Courts declined to take cognizance of the complaint in December 2025, holding it was not maintainable, while permitting the ED to continue its probe. The ED has challenged this order before the Delhi High Court, which issued notice to the accused on 22 December 2025. All persons named remain accused and are presumed innocent unless a court judgment holds otherwise.
CBI arrested IAS officer Pankaj Agarwal in connection with an alleged Rs 657-crore fraud involving IDFC First Bank. Chargesheets have been filed against five bankers, one CSCL official, and one private individual. The case involves suspected financial misconduct at multiple levels.
The Securities and Exchange Board of India is reportedly examining allegations that Adani Green Energy Ltd misled stock exchanges regarding a bribery investigation. The Adani Group has denied these allegations, describing them as baseless.