Ahmedabad, May 8 (IANS) The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch has arrested three more alleged individuals in an inter-state cyber fraud racket that police say used artificial intelligence-generated deepfake videos to manipulate Aadhaar authentication systems, illegally change registered mobile numbers and obtain loans in the names of unsuspecting victims by hijacking their digital identities. The latest arrests bring the total number of accused in the case to seven, while one accused, Oli Ullah fr…
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New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, the Delhi Police’s North-West district cyber unit has arrested the alleged kingpin of a sextortion racket operating out of the Mewat region, officials said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Abas Khan, 25, a resident of Tehsil Ramgarh in Rajasthan’s Alwar district, was apprehended following a detailed investigation into a cyber fraud case involving extortion of Rs 2.52 lakh from a Delhi-based complainant.According to police, the case orig…
New Delhi, May 2 (IANS) The Cyber Police Station of East District, Delhi, has solved a cyber fraud case involving the cheating of Rs 2,00,000 on the pretext of selling a second-hand car, officials said on Saturday. One accused has been arrested in connection with the case. According to the police, the accused impersonated an employee of a reputed online car-selling platform to gain the victim’s trust. He allegedly induced the complainant to transfer money as booking and processing charge…
Patna, May 1 (IANS) In a major breakthrough along the India–Nepal border, police in the Ghorasahan area of Bihar’s East Champaran have busted a well-organised network involved in cyber fraud and hawala transactions, an official said on Friday. The operation led to the seizure of nearly Rs 69 lakh in cash and exposed a cross-border financial racket.A joint team comprising the Cyber Police Station and personnel from four local police stations conducted coordinated raids at multiple locations, in…
Ahmedabad, April 29 (IANS) Two individuals from Ghaziabad district in Uttar Pradesh have been arrested by the Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch in connection with an interstate cyber fraud case involving impersonation of senior officials of the Ministry of Finance, National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) and other agencies, police said on Wednesday.The complainant was allegedly cheated of around Rs 47.36 lakh in the case, officials added.Officials said the complainant was contacted between Apri…
Colombo, April 24 (IANS) Sri Lanka has initiated a multi-agency investigation into a massive cyber fraud that led to the diversion of a government payment of 2.5 million US dollars, the country’s Ministry of Finance has said.The ministry revealed that cyber criminals gained unauthorised access to the External Resources Department’s computer system through email, and redirected a payment of 2.5 million US dollars originally intended for an Australian creditor.Relevant authorities are also working…
New Delhi, April 23 (IANS) The Delhi High Court has dismissed four bail pleas in a high-value “digital arrest” cyber fraud case involving the alleged siphoning of crores from a senior citizen, observing that the accused appeared to be “important cogs of the conspirational wheel” in an organised crime with serious societal impact. A single-judge Bench of Justice Manoj Jain denied regular bail to accused Ashok Kumar and Mohit, and anticipatory bail to Vipul Rana and Himanshu Singh, in conn…
Gandhinagar, April 22 (IANS) More than Rs 622 crore linked to cyber fraud has been detected and 40 people arrested in the past month under Operation Mule Hunt 2.0, the Cyber Centre of Excellence of Gujarat’s CID Crime said on Wednesday, outlining the scale of a network that used mule bank accounts to move illicit funds. Police said the operation also identified 1,039 cyber fraud complaints and exposed a wider network involving over Rs 288 crore.According to the officials, the accused opene…
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) In a significant breakthrough, the Delhi Police on Monday busted a cyber fraud racket where unsuspecting individuals were duped through fake online trading schemes. Two accused persons have been arrested in Shahdara, and two mobile phones used in committing the offence have been recovered. According to officials of the Cyber Police Station in Shahdara, the case came to light on March 15, when complainant Puneet Grover, a resident of Delhi, filed a complaint on the NCRB…
Jaipur, April 16 (IANS) Rajasthan Police on Thursday issued a public advisory warning citizens about a surge in cyber fraud attempts being carried out under the pretext of the Central Government’s upcoming digital census initiative. Acting on directives from Additional Director General of Police (Cyber Crime) V.K. Singh, the Cyber Crime Branch cautioned that fraudsters are posing as census officials to extract sensitive personal and financial information from unsuspecting individuals.Acc…