Surat, July 20 (IANS) The Surat City Cyber Crime Cell on Monday arrested an 18-year-old Android application developer from Uttar Pradesh in connection with a cyber fraud case in which investigators claim malicious APK files masquerading as legitimate banking and service applications were used to compromise victims’ mobile phones and facilitate financial fraud across India. The accused, identified as Rohit Sakai, studied up to Class 11 and allegedly worked as an APK file developer. He is a reside…
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Surat, July 17 (IANS) The Surat City Cyber Crime Cell on Friday arrested five members of an interstate cyber fraud network accused of cheating a resident of Rs 26.20 lakh through a fake share market trading and investment scheme, with investigators finding that the bank account used in the fraud is linked to 149 cyber crime complaints across India and suspicious transactions worth more than Rs 6.53 crore. According to officials, the fraud began after the complainant was added to a WhatsApp group…
Surat, July 16 (IANS) The Surat City Cyber Crime Cell has arrested a 30-year-old man accused of facilitating the movement of money in an alleged online investment fraud in which a complainant was cheated of Rs 46.16 lakh through a fake share market and forex trading scheme.According to officials, the complainant was added to a WhatsApp group where the fraudsters shared purported share market and forex trading tips and claimed that trading through their application would generate high returns.The…
Amreli/Surat, July 9 (IANS) The Surat City Cyber Crime Cell on Thursday arrested a 29-year-old software engineer in connection with an alleged online investment fraud in which a complainant was cheated of over Rs 72.73 lakh after being lured with promises of high returns from cryptocurrency trading.Police said the accused, identified as Divyesh Patel, was traced and arrested following a technical investigation into the case.He is employed at a software company, holds a B.Tech degree in Electrica…