cyber fraud

Gandhidham, February 17 – The Cyber Crime Police in East Kutch have uncovered a network of organized mule accounts through which transactions exceeding Rs 182 crore were routed via 81 bank accounts allegedly used to facilitate cyber fraud across several states, officials said on Tuesday.Four...

Giridih/Deoghar, (Jharkhand) February 17 Five cybercriminals, including a man wanted in 26 fraud cases, were arrested in the districts of Giridih and Deoghar in Jharkhand, dealing a major blow to online banking scams in the region, police said.In the Giridih district, three individuals...

Kolkata, February 17 – A SIM box racket was busted with the arrest of one person in connection with a cyber fraud case involving over Rs 3 crore in Kolkata, the police said on Tuesday.The arrest was made for duping a Kolkata couple of over Rs 3 crore by threatening them with digital arrest...

Gurugram, February 16 Gurugram Police, in a joint operation with the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of Home Affairs, arrested a Naga woman for allegedly providing support to cyber fraudsters originating from China, the police said on Monday.Authorities recovered seven...

Srinagar, February 16 – A fake online investment scam worth Rs 209 crore has been busted in the Ganderbal district of J&K, police said on Monday."The Jammu and Kashmir Police have busted a transnational fake online investment scam involving over Rs 209 crore by arresting an MBBS doctor from...

Chandigarh, February 16 Under a special campaign launched by the Haryana Police against illegal, objectionable, and misleading content on social media and digital platforms, cyber teams have reported 2,052 links and profiles over the past month.Among these, 1,616 instances of objectionable...

New Delhi, February 16 The Supreme Court on Monday said the government must make vulnerable people aware, compensate them, and try to protect them who have lost their hard-earned money in cyber scams.A bench of Justices B V Nagarathna and Ujjal Bhuyan made the remarks while granting bail to...

JK Police busts Rs 209 crore online investment scam in Ganderbal; nine arrestedThe Jammu and Kashmir Police have busted a Rs 209 crore transnational online investment scam in Central Kashmir's Ganderbal district, arresting nine accused, including a Haryana-based MBBS doctor. Police identified...

Imphal, February 15 – Security forces arrested six hardcore militants, including two female members of different insurgent groups, from various districts of Manipur, the police said.A police official stated that the arrested militants are associated with the People's Liberation Army (PLA), its...

Ludhiana, Feb 14 The Ludhiana Police have produced a man on a production warrant in connection with an alleged cyber fraud involving Padma Bhushan awardee and industrialist S P Oswal of the Vardhman Group, officials said on Saturday.Arpit Rathore, a close aide of key accused Rumi Kalita from...

Kolkata, February 14 – The Kolkata Police will set up seven new sections under its cyber crime wing to tackle the rising number of cyber fraud cases in the city. Sources at Lalbazar, the city police headquarters, said on Saturday that the initiative has received the green signal from the state...

New Delhi, February 13 Three police stations will be awarded the Best Police Station award for 2025 at the Delhi Police Raising Day Parade on February 16, according to a statement.The Badarpur Police Station, Shahdara Police Station, and Bara Hindu Rao Police Station have been selected for the...

Bhubaneswar, February 12 An elderly couple from the Nayapalli area of Bhubaneswar, Odisha, were allegedly kept under "digital arrest" by cyber fraudsters for over 35 hours, police said on Thursday.However, the couple did not suffer any financial loss as the bank account provided by the...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre concluded a two-day National Conference on combating cyber-enabled fraud and dismantling the supporting ecosystem in New Delhi yesterday. The conference included discussions on regulatory reforms, the use of...

New Delhi, February 11 The Delhi Police have arrested two men involved in an organized cyber fraud racket involving fraudulent SIM card porting and unauthorized access to banking applications, an official said on Wednesday.The police said the arrests were made in connection with an online...

New Delhi, Feb 10 Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday called on the CBI and I4C to develop a joint system with other institutions like the NIA, ED, and banks to create a “coordinated and highly secure ecosystem” and remain “two steps ahead” in countering cybercriminals who use novel...

New Delhi, February 10 The centers of cyber crimes have shifted from Jamtara, Mewat, and Bharatpur to Southeast Asian countries such as Cambodia, Thailand, and Myanmar, CBI Director Praveen Sood said on Tuesday.In his welcome address at the National Conference on "Combating Cyber-Enabled...

New Delhi, February 9 BJD Rajya Sabha member Sulata Deo raised the issue of cyber fraud and fake call scams on Monday, seeking government intervention to protect people from such frauds.During the special mention in the Upper House, she highlighted the increasing cases of cyber fraud and fake...

New Delhi, February 9 The use of Artificial Intelligence in tackling mule accounts, which form a key element in facilitating the laundering of illicit funds stolen through cyber crimes, will be one of the focus areas of the two-day conference organized by the CBI and the Indian Cyber Crime...

Bhubaneswar, February 9 Odisha's finance department principal secretary, Sanjeeb Kumar Mishra, on Monday urged bankers to make efforts to increase financial literacy among poor and rural people to protect them from financial fraudsters.Mishra made the remarks while speaking at an event...