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…
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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 …
New Delhi, Feb 4 (IANS) The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Special Cell of Delhi Police, has busted an interstate cybercrime syndicate involved in a fake stock market investment scam, arresting six people and recovering nine mobile phones, officials said on Wednesday. The syndicate allegedly cheated victims by promising high returns on online stock market investments and siphoned off funds using fake trading platforms, advanced digital tools and mule bank account…
Bhubaneswar, Jan 12 (IANS) The Rourkela Police in Odisha on Monday busted an interstate cybercrime gang and arrested seven alleged fraudsters, including a bank employee, who used to open mule bank accounts that were sold or rented to cybercriminals across the country and used to launder money defrauded from unsuspecting victims. Police sources stated that the gang was primarily engaged in the procurement and operation of mule bank accounts opened in the names of residents, mainly from Rourkela a…