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Saradha Group financial scandal. The Saradha Group financial scandal was a major political scandal caused by the collapse of a Ponzi scheme run by Saradha Group, a consortium of over 200 private companies that was believed to be running collective investment schemes popularly but incorrectly referred to as chit funds [1] [2] [3] in Eastern India.
An advance-fee scam is a form of fraud and is one of the most common types of confidence tricks. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster claims will be used to obtain the large sum. [1] [2] If a victim makes the payment, the ...
The man behind one of America's biggest 'fake news' websites is a former BBC worker from London whose mother writes many of his stories. Sean Adl-Tabatabai, 35, runs YourNewsWire.com, the source of scores of dubious news stories, including claims that the Queen had threatened to abdicate if the UK voted against Brexit.
MediaFetcher.com is a fake news website generator. It has various templates for creating false articles about celebrities of a user's choice. Often users miss the disclaimer at the bottom of the page, before re-sharing. The website has prompted many readers to speculate about the deaths of various celebrities.
The Punjab National Bank Fraud Case relates to fraudulent letter of undertaking worth ₹12,000 crore (US$1.4 billion) issued by the Punjab National Bank at its Brady House branch in Fort, Mumbai; making Punjab National Bank liable for the amount. [1] The fraud was allegedly organized by jeweller and designer Nirav Modi.
Project Veritas is an American far-right [14] activist [15] group founded by James O'Keefe in 2010. [19] The group produces deceptively edited videos [13] of its undercover operations, [5] which use secret recordings [5] in an effort to discredit mainstream media organizations and progressive groups. [20] [21] Project Veritas also uses ...
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Official website. npr .org. National Public Radio ( NPR, stylized as npr) is an American non-profit media organization headquartered in Washington, D.C., with its NPR West headquarters in Culver City, California. [2] It serves as a national syndicator to a network of more than 1,000 public radio stations in the United States. [3]