New Delhi, May 16 (IANS) The Cyber Police Station of Shahdara district on Saturday busted a sophisticated sextortion racket operating through social media platforms and video calls, leading to the arrest of the alleged mastermind from the Mewat region of Rajasthan. According to Delhi Police, the accused targeted unsuspecting individuals through WhatsApp video calls, dating applications, and social media platforms before blackmailing them using obscene videos.A case was registered on May 13 under…
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New Delhi, May 13 (IANS) Delhi Police on Wednesday arrested an accused involved in an organised online shopping fraud racket that allegedly cheated people through fake Facebook advertisements offering branded suits and sarees at discounted prices. The accused was apprehended by the Cyber Police Station of Shahdara district following an investigation into a cyber fraud complaint lodged by a Delhi resident.According to police, the woman complainant filed a complaint on April 18, alleging that she …
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…
New Delhi, May 11 (IANS) A team of Delhi Police’s Cyber Police Station, North-East District, has successfully cracked a cyber fraud case involving Rs 10,52,938 with the arrest of two accused persons from Jharkhand. The case was registered on the basis of a complaint filed by Rakesh Kumar, a 65-year-old resident of the national capital’s Meet Nagar, who stated that on April 25, he received a WhatsApp call from an unknown person regarding the updation of KYC details linked to his bank accounts. Th…
New Delhi, May 5 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Tuesday arrested five individuals and busted an interstate cyber fraud syndicate involved in online investment and task-based scams, officials said. The accused were apprehended from Udham Singh Nagar in Uttarakhand following a coordinated operation by the Cyber Police Station of East District. According to police, the racket was engaged in duping unsuspecting victims across the country through fraudulent online investment platforms, promising lucrativ…
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 against cybercrime, the Cyber Police Station in Muzaffarpur has dismantled an organised gang involved in defrauding victims through the so-called “digital arrest” scam.The action was initiated following a written complaint by a senior citizen who was cheated of Rs 17 lakh through intimidation and psychological pressure.The victim, Bhola Prasad Mahto (73), a resident of Mushahari, reported that from April 5, 2026, he received multiple video calls fr…
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…
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) Delhi Police on Thursday arrested a cyber fraudster and serial extortionist involved in large-scale honey-trapping, romance scams, and blackmailing of women through fake profiles on dating and matrimonial platforms. The accused, identified as Anand Kumar (35), a resident of North 24 Parganas, West Bengal, was apprehended by a team from the Cyber Police Station of the South-West District. He is accused of cheating and extorting money from more than 500 victims across In…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) The Delhi Police have busted an organised interstate cyber fraud syndicate involved in cheating people on the pretext of providing overseas jobs and visa services, police said on Friday.According to officials, the action was initiated following a complaint received on the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP), after which technical surveillance and digital tracking led investigators to Rani Bagh in Delhi, where a raid was conducted, and key accused persons were …