Guwahati, June 23 (IANS) Assam on Tuesday rolled out the “e-Zero FIR” initiative, becoming one of the first states in the country to implement an automated system that converts cyber financial crime complaints registered through the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (NCRP) and the 1930 cyber helpline into First Information Reports (FIRs). Announcing the launch, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the initiative is aimed at ensuring quicker police intervention, seamless registration of ca…
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Jaipur, June 12 (IANS) The Rajasthan Police’s Cyber Crime Branch has issued a public advisory warning citizens about a growing wave of cyber fraud involving AI-generated deepfake videos, fake stock market investment apps, and misleading social media advertisements, officials said. According to V.K. Singh, Rajasthan Additional Director General of Police (Cyber Crime), cybercriminals are misusing artificial intelligence and deepfake technology to create fake videos of prominent investors, industri…
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The Cyber Police Station of Delhi’s Central District has successfully busted a sophisticated online investment fraud racket involving a work-from-home task-based scam and arrested three accused persons from different states. The accused allegedly cheated a government employee of approximately Rs 15.74 lakh through fraudulent investment schemes operated via WhatsApp and Telegram. The arrested individuals have been identified as Sandeep Sain, a second-layer account holder…
New Delhi, June 11 (IANS) The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a fresh advisory warning about the growing misuse of Artificial Intelligence (AI) by cybercriminals to create highly convincing deepfake videos and synthetic identities aimed at compromising financial and digital ecosystems. According to the advisory issued by the National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit (NCTAU) under the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) of the Home Ministry, cyber fraudsters are increasingly leveragi…
Patna, June 9 (IANS) The Economic Offences Unit (EOU) of Bihar Police on Tuesday issued an advisory ahead of the NEET-UG 2026 re-examination, urging candidates and the public to stay alert against rumours, misinformation and cyber fraud.The EOU, which serves as the state-level nodal agency for preventing malpractice and irregularities in competitive examinations, stated that it is committed to ensuring the fair and transparent conduct of examinations.The advisory comes in view of the NEET-UG 202…
Pune, June 9 (IANS) A major cyber fraud case involving more than Rs 4.43 crore has surfaced in Pune, where a retired IT professional was allegedly duped by fraudsters posing as investment experts on WhatsApp and Telegram. The accused reportedly lured the victim with promises of extraordinary returns through stock market investments and displayed fictitious profits worth over Rs 26 crore on a fake online trading platform before demanding additional payments in the name of service charges.Accordin…
New Delhi, June 8 (IANS) The Cyber Police Station of Delhi’s North District on Monday has arrested a 30-year-old man for allegedly blackmailing young women through social media by using AI-generated morphed images and extorting money from them. According to Delhi Police, the accused, identified as Sourav, a resident of Bhalaswa Dairy, was arrested on June 4 following an investigation into a complaint lodged by a 19-year-old woman from Malkaganj.The case came to light after the complainant file…
Surat, June 3 (IANS) The Surat City Police have arrested 77 people across several states and registered 58 cyber fraud cases after a three-day operation targeting mule account networks used to move and conceal proceeds from online scams, uncovering fraud transactions worth Rs 23.85 crore and freezing more than Rs 1.04 crore linked to the accounts under investigation. The action was carried out under “Operation Mule Hunt 2.0”, a special drive conducted from May 31 to June 2 under the direct s…
Hyderabad, June 1 (IANS) Intensifying its crackdown on online betting networks, the Special Investigation Team (SIT) of the Crime Investigation Department (CID) of Telangana has arrested 11 accused in a pan-India operation, dismantling an illegal betting network linked to Dafabet.The CID, which conducted operations across New Delhi, Gujarat and Punjab, has also frozen 46 mule bank accounts.Addressing a press conference, Charu Sinha, Director General, CID, said the investigation revealed that the…
Gandhinagar, June 1 (IANS) A coordinated statewide crackdown on cyber-enabled financial crime in Gujarat has led to the exposure of Rs 2,289 crore in fraud linked to mule bank accounts, alongside hundreds of arrests and large-scale enforcement action across multiple agencies.The operation, from December 1 to December 31, 2025, named ‘Operation Mule Hunt 1.0’, was conducted by the Cyber Centre of Excellence of the Gujarat Police with the involvement of police units across districts, including loc…