In 1972, when Bob Woodward was investigating the Watergate scandal, he was not getting any leads. He got a breakthrough from a secret informant with the pseudonym “Deep Throat,” saying “Follow the money.” In 2005, the identity of “Deep Throat” was revealed—it was Mark Felt, an FBI special agent. Mark passed away in 2008, but
We live in a scammer’s world. We get texts from unknown numbers with an odd tone of familiarity. We have been promised breathtaking profits in ads on social media. We have encountered characters on dating apps who seemed too good to be true. It’s not just us, of course. Most people have heard stories or
Blockchain forensics and have advanced crypto crime detection by trawling humongous databases in order to flag suspicious transactions. AI simplifies pattern recognition, and blockchain forensics leverages openness in trying to follow illegal transactions and construct lawful evidence. Despite these advancements, criminals continuously adapt, utilizing privacy coins and decentralized networks to evade detection. Challenges like cross-border
NEW DELHI: Enforcement Directorate has started probing the al-Qaida link in Jharkhand’s land scam case in which CM Hemant Soren was arrested earlier and is one of the accused in its money laundering case. ED has summoned Babloo Khan, who runs a hospital in Ranchi, on Monday after it was found that an al-Qaida cell
NAGPUR: The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has frozen assets worth Rs 209 crore and seized Rs 55 lakh in cash from Nagpur businessman Manoj Jayaswal entity – Corporate Power Limited (CPL). The ED describes the assets as proceeds of crime (POC) from a loan fraud in which ₹4,000 crore were allegedly diverted from a PSU bank.The