Bhubaneswar, April 15 (IANS) The Commissionerate Police have arrested an individual from Uttar Pradesh for his alleged involvement in an online investment fraud amounting to Rs 71.74 lakh, a senior official said on Wednesday. The accused, Harshit Kant Pandey (26), is a resident of Kanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. Pandey was arrested in connection with a case (309/24) registered based on a complaint filed by Sujata Sahoo on behalf of her sister Deepika Sahoo, of Nandankanan area in Bhubaneswar.Dee…
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New Delhi, April 10 (IANS) In a major crackdown under its ongoing anti-cybercrime initiative ‘Cyhawk 4.0,’ the Delhi Police South District on Friday dismantled a fraudulent call centre operating from Govindpuri and arrested 11 accused people, including the masterminds behind the operation. The accused have been identified as Sandeep Chaudhary, Ashwini Kumar alias Tushar, Neeraj Gupta, Abhay Kumar, Aman Bhagat, Aryan Nath, Siddharth Chauhan, Ankit Gupta, Dhruv, Akash Gupta, and Pawan Kumar. Addit…
New Delhi, April 9 (IANS) The Financial Intelligence Unit‑India and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) signed a comprehensive memorandum of understanding (MoU) to strengthen intelligence sharing and coordination in the fight against cyber‑frauds and financial crimes, the government said on Thursday.The MoU aims to enable both agencies to establish robust feedback mechanisms for enhancing fraud detection protocols at the national level and facilitate the development and dissemin…
New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued regulatory guidelines on digital lending, including loans through mobile apps and online platforms, and operationalised a public directory of digital lending apps to help borrowers verify their associations with regulated entities, the government said on Tuesday.”RBI has issued regulatory guidelines on digital lending, which aims at firming up the regulatory framework for digital lending, including loans through mobile apps, w…
Bhubaneswar, March 9 (IANS) Despite sustained government efforts to raise public awareness, cybercriminals continue to spread their tentacles across the state, duping gullible people and swindling them out of crores of rupees, according to official data. While replying to a query in the Odisha Assembly, Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi on Monday stated that 4,238 cybercrime cases involving fraud amounting to over Rs 260.61 crore under different heads were registered at police stations across…
Mumbai, Feb 24 (IANS) Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis, who also holds the Home portfolio, on Tuesday appealed to the citizens not to respond to any video call about digital arrest as it is non existent and there is no legal provision for a “digital arrest.” Scammers impersonating police or CBI officials use video calls to create a “virtual jail” environment, which is entirely fraudulent.Intervening during reply to a question by member Abu Azmi in the state Assembly during question hour, the Chi…
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 …