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CM must appoint a judicial body to probe jobs scam

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant while addressing the media at Dabolim Airport on Wednesday has said that he would soon be filing a defamation case against the opposition for continuously making some baseless allegations against him and his wife in the jobs-for-cash scam in Goa. Well, if Sawant truly feels that he along with his wife are really innocent, then instead of threatening the opposition of filling a defamation case to silence them, why is he still hesitating and not appointing a judicial commission headed by a retired High Court judge to probe the above scam and to bring out the whole actual truth by getting to the bottom of this matter in Goa? I think that the CM after arresting a few people since the last so many days to bully Goans should dare to appoint a judicial commission headed by a retired High Court judge to probe the above scam to somehow get to the bottom of the scam and to know as to which power or politician was directly behind all those arrested so far in the jobs scam in Goa.



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Besides awareness, we need to beware of cyber crimes

ADELMO FERNANDES, Vasco
Published Dec 12, 2024, 7:44 PM IST
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Mobile payment apps have become very popular and scammers may try to use them to steal people’s money. It is learnt that no payment app is 100% secure. Known as the ‘Jumped Deposit’ scam, the scam begins with the fraudster sending a small amount to the victim’s bank account through UPI. This unexpected deposit would trigger a notification via an SMS, prompting the person to check the balance in the account. The scammer then immediately initiates a withdrawal request. When…

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