Surat, July 25 (IANS) A 25-year-old fashion video creator has been arrested by the Surat City Crime Branch on Saturday for allegedly circulating a fabricated social media post linked to the students’ protest at Jantar Mantar in New Delhi, which police said was intended to spread false rumours, incite hostility and disturb public peace. According to the officials, the social media post, which went viral on July 24, carried the caption, “Heartfelt tribute to a girl at Jantar Mantar, Delhi”, along …
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Bengaluru, July 21 (IANS) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Bengaluru Zonal Office, has launched an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, into an alleged multi-million-dollar cryptocurrency scam involving over-the-counter (OTC) trades in Virtual Digital Assets (VDAs). During search operations, incriminating evidence in the form of digital devices and virtual digital assets amounting to 8,700 USDT was seized. USDT (Tether) is a type of cryptocurrency known as…
Panaji, July 20 (IANS) The ED conducted searches at multiple premises across several states in connection with a Rs 2.60 crore “digital arrest” cyber-fraud and seized Rs 1.5 crore, foreign currency valued at Rs 2 crore, jewellery valued at Rs 1.5 crore and costly cars, said an official. During the searches conducted by the Enforcement Directorate (ED), Panaji Zonal Office, Goa, investigators also seized incriminating evidence in the form of digital devices, namely mobile phones and laptops, alon…
Surat, July 16 (IANS) The Surat City Cyber Crime Cell has arrested a 30-year-old man accused of facilitating the movement of money in an alleged online investment fraud in which a complainant was cheated of Rs 46.16 lakh through a fake share market and forex trading scheme.According to officials, the complainant was added to a WhatsApp group where the fraudsters shared purported share market and forex trading tips and claimed that trading through their application would generate high returns.The…
Amreli/Surat, July 9 (IANS) The Surat City Cyber Crime Cell on Thursday arrested a 29-year-old software engineer in connection with an alleged online investment fraud in which a complainant was cheated of over Rs 72.73 lakh after being lured with promises of high returns from cryptocurrency trading.Police said the accused, identified as Divyesh Patel, was traced and arrested following a technical investigation into the case.He is employed at a software company, holds a B.Tech degree in Electrica…
Ahmedabad, May 25 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch on Monday arrested another member of an inter-state gang accused of blackmailing and extorting victims through fake astrology and “kinnar guruma” profiles on Instagram, with investigators uncovering transactions worth nearly Rs 60 lakh linked to the accused over the last two years. The latest accused, Vikas Bhargav, a resident of the Gangashahar area of Bikaner, Rajasthan, was arrested in Jaipur and brought to Ahmedabad.He was produce…
Bengaluru, May 21 (IANS) The Karnataka State Cyber Command has busted fake call centres operating in Bengaluru in the name of “Quick Book”, a prominent US-based accounting company, and arrested two persons for allegedly cheating several American citizens.According to a press note issued on Wednesday by the Karnataka State Cyber Command, the raids were conducted as part of a special drive against cyber fraud across the state. The press note was issued by Director General of Police, Cyber Comm…
Hyderabad, May 20 (IANS) In a nationwide crackdown on cyber fraud enabling infrastructure, Hyderabad Police targeted the Ghost SIM network under Operation Octopus 3.0 and arrested 66 persons in 13 states, Hyderabad Police Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar said. Cyber Crime Police Station (CCPS) Hyderabad identified 1,194 Ghost SIMs linked to cases registered in CCPS. Eighteen trained teams were deployed across 13 states over a continuous seven-day operationOf this, 544 SIMs were seized in the city by …
New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has ordered HDFC Bank to immediately defreeze the bank account of a Delhi resident, holding that the continued freezing of the account without any FIR, accusation, or judicial order was “wholly arbitrary and unsustainable in law”. A single-judge Bench of Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav, in an order passed on May 4, allowed the plea filed by Tushar Verma, whose savings account with HDFC Bank was frozen following a complaint received from the Cyb…
Ahmedabad, May 12 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch has arrested two members of an interstate cyber fraud gang involved in a “digital arrest” scam in which a senior citizen woman was cheated of Rs 55.50 lakh after being impersonated and coerced through fabricated legal threats and forged official communications. According to police, the case was registered at Cyber Crime Police Station under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, including Sections 338, 336(3), 340(2…