Ahmedabad/Bikaner, May 5 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch has arrested a man from Bikaner in Rajasthan and booked two others for allegedly running an Instagram-based extortion network, officials said. In their fraud scheme, they posed as relationship advisers and spiritual healers, luring women with promises of resolving love and marital issues through rituals before allegedly blackmailing them using explicit material.Police said on Monday that the accused, Rajnish Bhargava, was taken int…
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Bhubaneswar, April 15 (IANS) The Commissionerate Police have arrested an individual from Uttar Pradesh for his alleged involvement in an online investment fraud amounting to Rs 71.74 lakh, a senior official said on Wednesday. The accused, Harshit Kant Pandey (26), is a resident of Kanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. Pandey was arrested in connection with a case (309/24) registered based on a complaint filed by Sujata Sahoo on behalf of her sister Deepika Sahoo, of Nandankanan area in Bhubaneswar.Dee…
Amaravati, April 9 (IANS) The Andhra Pradesh government will prepare a comprehensive regulatory framework to restrict access to social media for children aged below 13 years and to design an age-appropriate digital environment for teenagers. State Minister for Education, IT and Electronics, Nara Lokesh on Thursday called for the drafting of a legislation that balances digital access with child safety, creativity, and mental well-being.Chairing a high-level Group of Ministers (GoM) meeting with s…
Hyderabad, April 1 (IANS) The Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) has arrested five cyber criminals closely associated with a cyber fraud syndicate operating from Cambodia, defrauding Indian citizens of crores of rupees, a senior official said on Wednesday.The arrested accused are from Hyderabad, Warangal, and Uttar Pradesh.According to TGCSB Director Shikha Goel, Syed Ashraf Ali was intercepted at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad, on Tuesday when he was trying to carry 198 SIM …
Jaipur, March 25 (IANS) Acting under the directives of Rajasthan Director General of Police, Rajiv Kumar Sharma, a serious warning has been issued in the state regarding the security of digital data, officials said on Wednesday. Based on observations by the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), it has emerged that cybercriminals are now specifically targeting institutions that use Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices.These include chartered accountancy firms, consulting agencies, hospi…
Hyderabad, March 10 (IANS) Two bank employees, software engineers, seven students and 15 women among 208 accused were arrested by Telangana State Cyber Security Bureau’s (TGCSB) state-wide operation against mule accounts facilitating pan-India cyber frauds, a senior official said on Tuesday.The ‘Operation Crackdown 1.0’ launched on February 25 resulted in registration of 1549 FIRs, identification of 626 suspects and arrest of 208 accused persons.The arrested include two lecturers and a gov…
Jaipur, Feb 12 (IANS) Rajasthan Police have issued a public advisory warning citizens about a phishing scam in which cyber fraudsters are posing as the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) and offering fake FASTag annual passes. Director General of Police (Cyber Crime) Sanjay Agarwal said criminals are using advanced techniques, including paid Google advertisements and search engine optimisation (SEO), to make fraudulent websites appear at the top of search results.“Many users assume th…
Bhubaneswar, Feb 8 (IANS) The Odisha Commissionerate Police has arrested a man from West Bengal in connection with an investment fraud case in which a Bhubaneswar resident was allegedly duped of more than Rs 50 lakh through online trading, a senior official said on Sunday. The accused was identified as Arabinda Paul (46) of Mongra in Hooghly district of West Bengal. Police claimed that Paul, an MBA graduate, is the primary beneficiary of the fraud amount. Police sources claimed the accused also …
Kolkata, Feb 7 (IANS) The Cyber Crime branch of Kolkata Police on Saturday busted an international cybercrime racket targeting American citizens, which was operating from the Maheshtala area of West Bengal’s South 24 Parganas district, and arrested eight people in this connection.A large amount of digital data, incriminating documents and several electronic devices were seized.According to police sources, five laptops, 12 mobile phones and two routers were seized from the arrested individuals.Ca…
Kolkata, Jan 29 (IANS) The police arrested a man from South 24 Parganas district of West Bengal for his alleged involvement in a cyber fraud case where a resident was duped of Rs 3.35 crore under the pretext of high-yield stock market investments, the police said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Hasan Molla, was apprehended from the South 24 Parganas district following a detailed investigation by the Cyber Crime branch.The police said that the victim, Ashish Kumar Ghora, 56, a resident of …