Extortion

The elderly woman's 57-year-old son has been accused of extorting about Rs 140 core from one of China's richest individuals. He was arrested in 2023 and the trial is still ongoing.

Murders, extortion: Here's why a 21-year-old Portugal-based gangster has Delhi Police on its toes

Himanshu, or as Bhau, who escaped from a juvenile home in Haryana, is believed to be hiding in Portugal after police turned up the heat after he allegedly committed three murders in 25 days in March 2022

Pepper Content COO says a 'cop' told his father he was caught with rapist, demanded Rs 1 lakh

'My father got a call from this number, with a DP of a police officer claiming I have been caught with a rapist and to protect me from media and FIR, he will need to pay him Rs 1 lakh,' said Rishabh Shekhar.

Rs 200 cr extortion: EOW files supplementary charge sheet against Sukesh Chandrashekhar's aide

The charge sheet alleged Pinky Irani used to portray Chandrashekhar as a business tycoon and was instrumental in facilitating his meetings with certain Bollywood personalities.

CBI files chargesheet against 'conman' Sukesh Chandrashekhar for extortion by spoofing phone numbers

In its chargesheet filed before the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Chengalpattu, in Tamil Nadu's Kancheepuram district, the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) alleged that the accused allegedly conspired to cheat by impersonation by using digital devices.

Here’s the reason behind 60% of the cyber crimes committed in 2020

India reported 50,035 cyber crime cases in 2020, according to National Crime Records Bureau data. Read on to find out what the motive was for nearly two out of every three such crimes

EOW files FIR against Parsvnath, its chairman, 5 others

The FIR alleges Parsvnath misled buyers by claiming to have all approvals in 2004. It further says HDFC, PNB and ICICI Bank denied home loans as project wasn't legal. Parsvnath also refused refunds to customers.

Jindal case: Zee News editors sent to 2-day police custody

A Delhi court on Wednesday sent the two arrested Zee News editors, Sudhir Chaudhary and Samir Ahluwalia, to two-day police custody in the alleged Jindal extortion case.

Google accuses Microsoft of 'extortion' over Android

Yesterday, we learnt that South Korea-based Samsung Electronics agreed to pay Microsoft, fees (royalty) for every Galaxy S II smartphone and, or Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet it shipped, since they were based on Android - a platform whose patents, Microsoft claims that it owns.