cyber fraud

Gurugram, April 1 Gurugram police said on Wednesday that they had busted a cyber fraud racket with links to the Philippines and Cambodia and arrested five people for using and delivering illegal SIM boxes.These devices, also known as GSM gateways, are primarily used to hold several SIM cards...

Mumbai, April 1 – In a concerning case of cyber fraud, a sitting judge of a city court in Mumbai was defrauded of ₹93,000 by cybercriminals who used a malicious customer care application to gain access to his banking details.The 46-year-old judge, stationed at the Small Causes Court, sought...

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is conducting searches in various locations in Kolkata in connection with money laundering. Separately, industrialist Paban Ruia, who was arrested in Kolkata yesterday in connection with cyber fraud, will be presented before the court today.Earlier, police had...

Kolkata, March 31 The Cyber Crime Wing of the West Bengal Police arrested industrialist Pawan Ruia on Tuesday in connection with his alleged involvement in a multi-crore fraud case involving shell companies and money laundering using cryptocurrency, a senior officer said.Ruia was apprehended...

Mumbai, March 31 – In a shocking case of cyber fraud, a 69-year-old retired senior officer from the DN Nagar area of Andheri in Mumbai was subjected to "digital arrest" for 25 days and defrauded of ₹1.57 crore by cybercriminals posing as police and court officials. The accused even staged a mock...

Mumbai, March 30 A 69-year-old man was cheated of Rs 1.57 crore in a cyber fraud, a Mumbai police official said on Monday.The victim, a resident of Andheri who retired from a private firm, was tricked by a cyber criminal who contacted him in December last year and claimed that he was...

Mumbai, March 29 – Cyber fraud cases are surging in Mumbai, with scammers posing as officials of Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) to deceive unsuspecting residents and empty their bank accounts within minutes using malicious APK files, police officials said on Sunday.Investigators said that...

Shimla, March 28 Himachal Pradesh has witnessed a sharp increase in cyber fraud, with a total of 585 cases registered in the state from January 31, 2026, up to the past three years, Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu told the assembly on Saturday.Responding to a question from BJP MLA Inder...

New Delhi, March 28 Five individuals have been arrested for allegedly providing mule bank accounts to cyber fraud syndicates, with links to Dubai, police said on Saturday.The case involves the defrauding of a man to the tune of over Rs 12 lakh under the pretext of stock market investment, they...

Karimnagar (Telangana), March 28 A large network involved in operating illegal mule bank accounts used for fraudulent financial transactions was busted on Saturday, police officials said.The operation, nicknamed 'Operation Crackdown 1.0' by the Karimnagar police, identified 24 suspects, and 13...

Mumbai, March 28 – The Mumbai Police arrested a man on Saturday, accusing him of cyber-cheating a judge of the Bombay High Court. Acting on a complaint filed by the victim, a 25-year-old from Jamtara, Jharkhand, was taken into custody for allegedly creating fake customer care numbers and...

New Delhi, March 27 The CBI has arrested two directors of a Meerut-based company that was allegedly established "solely to procure bulk SIM cards" and facilitate SIM Box operations for cyber fraud, officials said on Friday.A SIM box routes large volumes of phone calls or SMS messages through...

Meerut (UP), March 27 Uttar Pradesh Police busted an illegal VoIP telephone exchange in Meerut and arrested six persons for allegedly routing international calls as local ones to conceal identities and carry out financial fraud, officials said on Friday.A VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)...

Meerut, March 27 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Friday that it has busted a cyber fraud racket based on SIM boxes and arrested two accused following searches at six locations in Uttar Pradesh.The accused, identified as Mohd Vilal and Mohd Dilshad, were apprehended from the...

New Delhi, March 26 The CBI has arrested the alleged mastermind of a racket that trafficked unsuspecting Indian citizens to cyber scam centers in Myanmar, officials said on Thursday.The accused, a Mumbai resident named Sunil Nellathu Ramakrishnan, was allegedly supplying Indian citizens...

Mumbai, March 26 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a Mumbai resident, suspected to be the mastermind of a transnational racket involving the trafficking of unsuspecting Indian citizens to cyber scam compounds in Myanmar and other countries, an official said on Thursday...

Bhubaneswar, March 25 Odisha Police have arrested a man from West Bengal for his alleged involvement in an online investment fraud case involving ₹12.33 crore, a senior officer said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Rahul Jaiswal (36), a resident of Kolkata, was arrested based on a...

Bhubaneswar, March 25 – The Odisha Police have arrested a man from Kolkata in connection with a multi-crore online investment scam in which a businessman from Cuttack was cheated of over Rs 12.33 crore, a senior Crime Branch official said on Wednesday.The 36-year-old accused, identified as...

New Delhi, March 25 The Delhi Police has arrested six suspects linked to multiple interstate cybercrime syndicates allegedly involved in "digital fraud," fake IPO and trading scams, uncovering a scheme involving around ₹10.6 crore related to 89 complaints, an official said on Wednesday.The...

Gurugram, March 24 Two individuals have been arrested for allegedly providing bank accounts to cyber fraudsters involved in an investment scam, officials said on Tuesday.A complaint was lodged on September 8 last year at the Cyber South police station regarding a fraud of approximately Rs 1.09...