VISA RACKET
Delhi Police uncovers trafficking of Rohingyas from Myanmar to India & Russia
Delhi Police uncovered a racket involved in trafficking of Rohingyas from Myanmar through Bangladesh to various regions of India and other foreign nations. Two individuals, one of whom was an agent from Myanmar’s Rakhine, were apprehended in Hyderabad following the return of a Myanmar couple who had traveled to Russia using counterfeit Indian passports to New Delhi.
British Airways supervisor on the run in India over visa racket: Report
British and Indian police are tracing a British Airways supervisor involved in a GBP 3 million visa scam. The suspect worked at Terminal 5, Heathrow Airport and charged customers GBP 25,000 per trip to abuse a loophole. He has reportedly bought properties in India and had clients from India and UK-based asylum claimants.
Delhi Police arrests 3 people for scamming over 1,000 people using quick visa racket
Those arrested were identified as 43 year old Tarun Kumar, believed to be the mastermind of the syndicate, along with 25 year old Jaswinder Singh and 29 year old Vinayak. The scam was set up with a number of shell companies, each with over 20 fictitious employees, including individuals posing as marketing, account management and advertising professionals. According to police authorities, the crime branch identified over 1,000 victims from across the country who fell prey to this fraudulent operation.
Fake sites, lengthy interviews, shifting offices: How fraudsters duped over 5,000 Dubai job seekers
Police have apprehended a gang involved in a widespread job racket that targeted jobseekers interested in Gulf countries. The gang carried out fraudulent job interviews, promising positions with reputed Dubai-based companies. After victims paid the demanded amount, the criminals would sever all communication, leaving them deceived and helpless.
Immigration probe: Lookout notices to be issued against two agents as nine US-bound Gujarat residents go missing
The suspected immigration racket came to light after a woman approached Prantij police in Sabarkantha district on Wednesday with a complaint that her husband, Bharat Rabari, went incommunicado in February, almost a month after he was sent to the US via the Netherlands and the Caribbean region.
Delhi Police busts international fake passport, visa racket
Special Commissioner of Police (Crime) Ravindra Yadav informed that an international VISA racket has been busted, and four people associated with the racket have been arrested by Delhi Police on May 21. A total of eighty passports, along with certain documents and cash, have been recovered ...
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Fake US immigration consultancy racket busted in Hyderabad, 4 persons arrested
The bogus immigration consultancy located in Secunderabad was run by Wilson Chowdary, who was among the arrested persons. It had illegally created fake Telangana government employee identity cards, sponsorship letters and other documents aside from collecting huge amounts of money from gullible job aspirants, a press release from Rachakonda Police Commissionerate said.
Job racket: Database of 2 lakh email IDs and 1 lakh mobile phone numbers found with 4 Africans staying in Pune
The police launched the investigation after a man approached the cyber cell in BKC in Mumbai claiming he was duped of Rs 26 lakh between April and July by fraudsters under the pretext of offering a job in the USA.
Loan app racket: Telangana cops pick one more Chinese from Thane
Telangana police on Wednesday arrested Chinese national He Jian and an Indian associate from Thane in the ongoing illegal instant loan app case that has links across the country.
Letter to NIA: DRI seeks info from tour cos on visas to Kalyan youth
Soheb Zoradarwala and his father Ahad, who own a travel agency in Mumbai, had been arrested by the DRI in March along with five others in a gold-smuggling case.
Eight Indians arrested in "pay and stay" scheme plead not guilty in US court
One of them Phanideep Karnati, 35, who is on a H-1B visa and lives in Louisville, Kentucky was released on a bond of $10,000 on Monday.
US immigration racket: 600 Indian students trapped
The US Department of Homeland Security set up a fake university in Michigan to target foreigners who wanted to immigrate to the US using a phony academic route.
Several foreigners face deportation as pay to stay visa racket busted in US
The arrests followed by raids were carried out by officials of US Immigration and Customs Enforcement in various cities across the US.
Fraudsters who target Indians entering the US on work visas and green card are still very active
From the earliest reports available in public records, this is a scam that is now five years old.
Racket gets ‘original’ passports for Lankans to fly abroad as Indians
The racket, mostly catering to Sri Lankan Tamils seeking to fly abroad, had the involvement of travel agents, personnel from the intelligence wing and postal department. The racket helped foreign nationals procure an original passport for Rs 3 lakh to Rs 5lakh.
Man detained in Jodhpur for involvement in espionage racket
"He (Shoaib) was responsible for recruiting Subhash and Maulana in the module. He was detained near Jodhpur today evening," said Ravindra Yadav, joint commissioner of police(Crime).
Espionage racket: Pakistan pulls out four embassy officials from India
These four officials were reportedly named by expelled Pakistani high commission staffer Mehmood Akhtar during his interrogation. Akhtar was last week expelled from India.
Third spy arrested in Pakistan espionage racket on Indian forces
The individual arrested by the Crime Branch has been identified by the police as Shoaib. He is a resident of Jodhpur and works as a visa agent there.
Home ministry official arrested for 'bribe-for- visa' suspended
The ministry is also conducting an inquiry to find out whether there were lacunas in clearing the pending cases of Pakistani immigrants applying for Indian citizenship.
Global kid bride racket goes bust in Hyderabad, 8 sheikhs in net
The crackdown followed a spate of child marriages in Old City and a tip-off from a reluctant 16-year-old girl, who was interviewed by a 50-year-old sheikh for marriage.
US sting operation busts sham varsity racket; Indian, Chinese recruiters, students outed
Nearly 1000 "students," mainly from India and China, will return home after US authorities announced that they had busted a thriving visa scam by setting up a phony university.
Indians arrested by Sri Lanka police for visa violations
At least six Indian nationals have been arrested here for allegedly abusing visa conditions and having links to the on going racket.
Visa fraud: Indian suspects fled after wiring 1 million dollars
Reetika Ajjan and her spouse Jeetender fled with the money three days after their home was raided by Australian authorities in 2011.
Foreign criminals taking refuge here, be deported back: Court
Delhi has become a safe refuge for "criminals from entire world", a court here said and directed the city Police Commissioner to nab those foreigners.
Visa racket: Arrested Indians seek refugee status in Israel
Some of the 24 Indians arrested by Israeli immigration authorities last month in a suspected visa racket have sought refugee status, which will allow them to stay here for some time, senior officials have said.
Delhi Police bust fake visa racket
Delhi Police on Thursday claimed to have cracked a fake visa racket in the capital with the arrest of four persons who allegedly duped people aspiring to go abroad.
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