New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Saturday conducted searches at five locations across Telangana and Andhra Pradesh in connection with a “digital arrest” fraud case, arresting three persons, including a bank official. The case, taken up on the directions of the Supreme Court, involves the alleged cheating of a senior citizen, who was coerced into transferring more than Rs 1.6 crore, under the threat of a so-called “digital arrest”.The accused have been ident…
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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…
New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) In a major crackdown on organised cybercrime, the Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi Police’s Special Cell has busted a key module of an international “SIM Box” fraud syndicate and arrested two accused from East Delhi, officials said on Friday.The accused have been identified as Vaibhav Raj (29) and Anil Kumar (28), both residents of Gharoli Extension in Delhi.According to police, the syndicate was being operated with links to h…
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 …
Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 11 (IANS) The Cyber Crime Police in Mangaluru have arrested two persons for allegedly collecting bank accounts from members of the public under the pretext of using them for a trading business and later using those accounts for cyber fraud linked to foreign operators.During the operation, the police seized four mobile phones, 18 debit cards, 17 bank passbooks, six cheque books, 1,479.31 units of USDT cryptocurrency and a Maruti car from the accused.The arrested accus…
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…
Patna, Feb 20 (IANS) During the discussion on the Home Department’s budget in the Bihar Legislative Assembly, Deputy Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary on Friday launched a sharp attack on the Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD), stating that while its leaders remain active on social media, they fail to move even budget cut motions in the House.He also clarified that all final policy decisions of the state government are taken under the leadership of Chief Minister Nitish Kumar.Speaking on the law-and-ord…
New Delhi, Jan 3 (IANS) Indians lost over Rs 52,976 crore to various frauds and cheating cases over the past six years, with Maharashtra recording the highest monetary losses in such offences, according to reports.Losses of about Rs 19,813 crore and 2,177,524 cheating‑related complaints were recorded in 2025, according to data from Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) that compiled information from National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal.Reported losses in 2024 was Rs 22,849.49 crore wit…
Patna, Dec 31 (IANS) Bihar, already considered the state with the lowest per capita income, has increasingly fallen victim to organised cybercrime, pushing thousands of economically vulnerable families into financial distress.Several districts across the state are witnessing the rapid expansion of cyber fraud networks, with criminals adopting new and sophisticated methods every day to cheat innocent people.According to estimates, cybercriminals siphon off more than Rs 500 crore annually from Bih…
Srinagar, Dec 26 (IANS) Police in J&K’s Ganderbal district said on Friday that it has recovered 46 missing mobile phones worth lakhs of Rupees. A police statement said that Cyber Police Station Ganderbal has successfully traced and recovered 46 missing/lost cell phones, collectively worth lakhs of rupees, from different parts of J&K.It said that police received multiple complaints on the CEIR Portal and different police units from the general public in the past four months regarding mi…