Jaipur, July 6 (IANS) The Rajasthan Police’s Cyber Crime Branch has arrested an accused in connection with a major interstate cyber fraud syndicate targeting the corporate sector. Fraudsters allegedly used the name and display picture (DP) of the chairman of a reputed company on WhatsApp to deceive the company’s accountant into transferring Rs 5.30 crore to two separate bank accounts. Acting on technical and financial evidence, the State Cyber Crime Police Station achieved a significant breakthr…
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Mumbai, July 4 (IANS) The Cyber Crime Branch of the Mumbai Police has busted an organised cyber fraud syndicate allegedly involved in cheating investors of more than Rs 1.07 crore through fake online share trading schemes. As part of the operation, police arrested six individuals accused of orchestrating the fraud by luring victims with bogus investment opportunities, officials said.According to the Cyber Police, the accused allegedly carried out the fraud by operating through WhatsApp groups, f…
Ahmedabad, June 25 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch on Thursday arrested three alleged members of a Jharkhand-based cyber fraud network accused of creating and distributing malicious Android application package (APK) files that allowed criminals across the country to gain unauthorised access to mobile phones and steal money from bank accounts. The arrests include the alleged developer of the APK files, Purnanand alias Mukesh Tiwari, 28, of Giridih district in Jharkhand, who was apprehende…
Ahmedabad, June 22 (IANS) A 26-year-old software engineer from Bihar has been arrested by Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch for allegedly helping operate an online forex and cryptocurrency trading platform that investigators say cheated investors by displaying fake profits and withholding both returns and principal investments.The arrest was made during an investigation into a complaint filed by an Ahmedabad resident who alleged that he had been defrauded of Rs 19.07 lakh after investing through WinP…
Ahmedabad, June 20 (IANS) The Ahmedabad City Police has put in place extensive security and traffic management arrangements for the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test (NEET) UG re-examination scheduled on June 21, with more than 10,000 candidates expected to appear across 23 examination centres in the city.According to officials, 10,445 students will sit for the examination at 23 centres. Security arrangements have been made in accordance with guidelines issued by the National Testing Agency…
Jaipur, June 12 (IANS) The Rajasthan Police’s Cyber Crime Branch has issued a public advisory warning citizens about a growing wave of cyber fraud involving AI-generated deepfake videos, fake stock market investment apps, and misleading social media advertisements, officials said. According to V.K. Singh, Rajasthan Additional Director General of Police (Cyber Crime), cybercriminals are misusing artificial intelligence and deepfake technology to create fake videos of prominent investors, industri…
Ahmedabad, June 6 (IANS) Ahmedabad has emerged as the epicentre of Gujarat Police’s ongoing ‘Operation Delta Hunt’, accounting for the highest number of Bangladeshi nationals identified during the statewide verification and enforcement drive and offering investigators an unprecedented insight into how undocumented migrants were living, working and moving across the state. The operation, launched simultaneously across Gujarat after weeks of intelligence gathering, telecom analysis, technical surv…
Jaipur, June 1 (IANS) The Rajasthan Police’s Cyber Crime Branch has urged citizens to verify the authenticity and status of mobile phones before purchasing them, particularly second-hand devices, warning that failure to do so could result in financial losses, legal complications and exposure to cyber fraud.In an advisory issued under the directions of Additional Director General of Police (Cyber Crime) V.K. Singh, the department highlighted that many people purchase used mobile phones without pr…
Jaipur, May 29 (IANS) In view of the rising cases of “digital arrest” scams and fake notices issued in the name of courts and investigative agencies, the Rajasthan Police Cyber Crime Branch has issued a special public advisory urging citizens to remain alert and verify suspicious notices through the newly launched AI chatbot “Abhay”, police officials said on Friday. Additional Director General of Police (Cyber Crime), V.K. Singh, said the chatbot has been developed by the Central Bureau of Inves…
Ahmedabad/New Delhi, May 28 (IANS) In a shocking incident, a man from Delhi, Sumit Sharma, was arrested by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch for allegedly creating multiple fake social media accounts in a woman’s name and uploading AI-generated morphed nude photographs and videos of her and her mother, police said on Thursday. The case was registered at the Cyber Crime Police Station under Sections 78(2) and 356(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and Sections 66(C) and 67 of the Information Tech…