 | Tamil Nadu: Charges framed against five in Paazee Forex scamTirupur Central Crime Branch registered a case against the trading firm in 2009 for cheating depositors of Rs 930.71 crore. |
 | Extortionists go hi-tech to hide their identityOfficials say that these big-time gangsters are more tech-savvy. |
 | IPS officer’s discharge plea in extortion case dismissedThe extortion case is linked to a 2012 multi-crore Paazee forex scam. |
 | CBI seeks LG's sanction to proceed against Satyendar Jain in conman Sukesh 'extortion' caseCBI claims that Jain allegedly "extorted and received Rs 10 crore from jail inmate Chandrashekar in various tranches during 2018-21 either himself or through his accomplices, as protection money. |
 | Fake cops threaten lawyer with drug case, extort Rs 1.9L in BengaluruList personal info to scare her; In case of doubt, dial 112, say police |
 | Rajasthan-based man lands in Delhi police net for sextortion racketThe complainant was frightened and transferred approximately Rs 12.8 lakh to the accused. Later, he approached the police who registered an FIR under relevant sections and began probing the matter. |
 | Paazee forex scam: CBI court issues NBW against IPS officer Pramod Kumar in extortion casePromod Kumar’s counsel sought one week time to appear, but the court declined the plea. Though the court allowed time till 3.30 pm. He did not appear, following which the NBW was issued. |
 | Website owner accused of blackmailing politicians in VijayawadaIt has been alleged the promoter of the website was also behind some leaders becoming MLAs and ministers in the State Cabinet. |
 | Odisha: Woman calls doctor for home visit, extorts Rs 10 lakhDuring investigation police found that the accused operated as a gang and committed similar crimes previously, many of which remained unreported. |
 | Assam IPS officer, others arrested in extortion caseThe accused, Siddhartha Buragohain, was serving as the Superintendent of Police of Bajali when the alleged attempt to extort a businessman from the western Assam district was made. |
 | Indonesia arrests 88 Chinese nationals over alleged sextortionThe women scammers are accused of seducing the victims before asking them to engage in sexual acts during the calls while other suspects recorded the videos. |
| Bengaluru techie seeking love becomes victim of sextortionTwo cyber crooks including a woman, blackmailed the techie with his nude photos and videos and extorted money from him. |
 | Four Bengaluru police on hunt for cyber fraud suspects detained in KeralaThese suspects, in turn, revealed that Naushad from Malappuram in Kerala was also involved in the case. |
 | Hushh! Discuss personal matters softly, in privateThe cab driver, who overheard the conversation, started blackmailing her, threatening to tell her husband and make her personal issues public. |
 | Two history-sheeters gunned down by police in Tamil NaduThe charges against them include murders, attempts to murder and extortion, police added. |
 | Industries’ body urges Odisha chief secretary to stop extortionsThe miscreants are troubling the industries and forcing them to pay exorbitant freight rates for road transportation and demanding abnormal loading rates at the mines. |
| Seven held for extortion in OdishaIt came to the fore that three of the accused sold pre-activated SIM cards to other criminals. |
 | NIA chargesheets three members from banned outfits for extortion, terror in ManipurInvestigations, so far, have revealed that the cadres of the banned outfits had been making extortion calls to the people in Imphal and the Valley areas to raise funds for their organisations. |
 | Rs 200 cr extortion case: Delhi HC rejects bail plea of Leena Maria PauloseAdvocate Edison submitted that Leena is willing to have a baby and have motherhood. The argument was placed forth to emphasize the right to life. |
 | Armed Reserve CI, 2 cops among four held for cheating, extortion in APThe accused were identified as AR inspector Swarna Latha, constable M Hema Sundar, home guard V Srinivasa Rao and middleman V Suribabu. |
