Police arrested a man accused of running a fake embassy out of a rented bungalow while claiming to be the ambassador of fictional countries.

Harshvardhan Jain, posing as a diplomat, allegedly built a fraudulent empire across 34 countries, amassing over ₹100 crore through job scams and hawala operations.

He allegedly ran an illegal diplomatic mission under the banner of a self-declared micronation called Westarctica — a ...

A senior STF officer said Jain is accused of operating a widespread racket under the guise of diplomatic credentials and running a hawala network through shell firms. During questioning, officials ...

The Uttar Pradesh Police have taken custody of Harsh Vardhan Jain and are likely to question him on his 25 shell companies, ...

What happens when grand dreams of power and sovereignty blur into elaborate scams? The recent Ghaziabad "fake embassy" bust ...

Indian police arrested a man operating a fake embassy from a rented house near New Delhi. The arrest led to the recovery of ...

Police in Ghaziabad has moved an application seeking the remand of Harsh Vardhan Jain, the alleged mastermind behind bogus embassies, who was arrested and sent to jail earlier this week for fraud and ...

For almost eight years, the police said, an Indian man hid a range of criminal activities behind fake diplomatic missions ...

Indian police have arrested a man accused of running a bogus embassy from a rented residential building near the capital, New ...

Harshvardhan Jain, 47, claimed to have acted as an adviser or ambassador to made-up places such as "Seborga" or "Westarctica" ...

According to India Today, he turned a rented bungalow in Ghaziabad’s Kavi Nagar into the so-called “Embassy of Westarctica”. The building had flags marking the micronations, luxury cars bearing fake ...