Gandhinagar, July 11 (IANS) Gujarat Police’s Cyber Centre of Excellence (CCoE) has arrested 19 people in three separate investigations under “Operation Mule Hunt 2.0”, uncovering alleged cyber crime networks involving mule bank accounts, fake business entities and corporate bank accounts allegedly used to facilitate cyber fraud linked to more than Rs 330 crore across multiple states. According to the officials, the three investigations relate to separate cases registered in Gandhinagar and invol…
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Gandhinagar/Ahmedabad, June 21 (IANS): The Gujarat Police’s State Monitoring Cell (SMC) has widened its investigation into an alleged illegal online cricket betting and cyber fraud network, with authorities reporting multiple arrests, extensive use of mule bank accounts and suspected fraudulent transactions amounting to more than Rs 324 crore.The case originated in May this year with the arrest of Vijay Kardani, following which investigators began tracing a wider network allegedly operating ac…
New Delhi, June 9 (IANS) The Cyber Police Station of Delhi Police’s Shahdara district has successfully solved a cyber fraud case involving the fraudulent withdrawal of Rs 5.67 lakh from a bank account, with three accused persons, including the alleged mastermind, being arrested for their involvement in the crime. The investigation revealed the use of mule bank accounts to route and conceal the stolen funds.According to police, the case came to light on May 14, when Vinod Hira, a resident of Dils…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The Cyber wing of Delhi Police in Central Delhi busted a cyber fraud mule account syndicate on Monday, unraveling a network of nearly 30 bank accounts allegedly used to route proceeds of cybercrime. Two key operatives involved in arranging and supplying mule bank accounts have been arrested from Jaipur, Rajasthan, police said. The arrests were made during investigation of cyber financial fraud case, involving unauthorised access to victim’s mobile phone and the fraudul…
New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) In a major breakthrough, the Delhi Police Crime Branch (Western Range-II) on Saturday has dismantled an interstate cyber fraud syndicate involved in a high-value online investment scam. Four accused persons have been apprehended in connection with the case, which spanned multiple states, including Delhi, Punjab, and Rajasthan. According to officials, the well-organised network was engaged in procuring mule bank accounts and routing defrauded money through layered finan…
Raipur, April 14 (IANS) The Dantewada police in Chhattisgarh have dismantled a large interstate cyber fraud gang involved in the wholesale trading of mule bank accounts, officials said. Four key accused were arrested from Rajasthan and brought to Dantewada on transit remand.The arrests mark a significant success in the fight against rising cyber crimes that have affected victims across multiple states.The gang was primarily engaged in buying and selling hundreds of bank accounts used as mule acc…
Gandhinagar, April 13 (IANS) Gujarat’s Cyber Centre of Excellence of CID Crime has dismantled an interstate mule bank account network allegedly linked to cyber frauds exceeding Rs 77 crore across 375 cases registered on the national cyber crime reporting portal, officials said on Monday. The operation was carried out across Vadodara, Palanpur and Goa, resulting in the arrest of 16 accused persons involved in what investigators described as a coordinated system for opening and circulating ba…
New Delhi, April 11 (IANS) The Delhi Police on Saturday busted a major cyber fraud syndicate involved in providing mule bank accounts used for siphoning off money through online scams and a gaming application operating from the national Capital. A total of 14 accused have been arrested in the operation, and significant recoveries have been made. The police recovered Rs 79,000 in cash, 28 mobile phones, 17 passbooks, three laptops, and 23 ATM cards from the possession of the accused. The operatio…
Hyderabad, Feb 25 (IANS) The Telangana police on Wednesday launched ‘Operation Crackdown’, a special operation to break the cybercrime network across the state.Conceived by Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB), ‘Operation Crackdown’ will involve a series of operations over the next few months, wherein the TGCSB, in collaboration with districts and commissionerates, will target the crime-criminal networks and Cybercrime ecosystem in the state so as to dismantle them and control cybercr…
Bengaluru, Feb 20 (IANS) The Karnataka State Cyber Command has launched a statewide special drive against mule bank accounts and arrested 68 key accused and suspects between December 2025 and February 2026, according to an official statement issued by Cyber Command Director General of Police Pronab Mohanty.Mule accounts are bank accounts used by cybercriminals to illegally transfer, receive, or conceal proceeds of crime, often with the involvement of intermediaries known as mule account holders …