India's Home Minister Amit Shah has ordered a technological and infrastructural upgrade of the national cyber crime helpline '1930'. The directive includes integrating AI and multilingual support to enhance reporting and redressal of cyber financial frauds, with a focus on prioritizing grievances related to frozen bank accounts.
Police, assisted by central forces, raided TMC leader Abhishek Banerjee's Kolkata residence early Saturday in connection with a financial fraud investigation. The search lasted over four hours, prompting Mamata Banerjee to visit the site. The raid follows recent questioning and summons from various agencies.
Jho Low, the fugitive Malaysian financier accused by the United States of being the mastermind of one of the largest financial frauds in history, has asked US President Donald Trump for a pardon. Low, who was charged in 2018 but has evaded arrest, submitted a pardon application to the US Justice Department this year, according to a notice on the DOJ’s website. He is accused of being the architect of a scheme that siphoned at least US$4.5 billion from Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund, 1Malaysia...
Four paintings linked to one of the world’s most audacious financial frauds stood on easels at Malaysia’s anti-corruption headquarters on Wednesday: a Picasso, a Miro, a Balthus and an Ultrillo – all allegedly bought with money stolen from the Malaysian people. The unveiling of the works at the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) headquarters in Putrajaya marked the first public showing of artworks recovered from the multibillion-dollar Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal since...
