cybercrime

Mumbai, March 18 Maharashtra's efforts to promote safety in the face of children's growing, often unregulated use of the internet and social media are proving inadequate, prompting the state IT department to set up an expert task force to study the issue, Minister Ashish Shelar said Wednesday...

Washington, March 18 The FBI has increased the reward money to USD one million for tips on fugitives on its Ten Most Wanted list, which includes an Indian national who is on the run in a 11-year-old murder case, and features for the first time a cyber criminal wanted for allegedly leading an...

Hyderabad, March 17 A security guard was apprehended here for allegedly posting abusive and offensive comments against actress Renu Desai on social media, police said on Tuesday.During the investigation, the accused was identified and apprehended by the Cybercrime Police, a release from the...

New Delhi, March 17 – The Union government cautioned citizens on Tuesday against cyber fraud being perpetrated by scammers using fake notices from "Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL)" or "Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)" that warn phone customers about a possible SIM card blockage...

Thane, March 17 A 42-year-old insurance consultant from Mumbra in the Thane district of Maharashtra was allegedly cheated of over Rs 71 lakh by cyber fraudsters who lured him into investing in cryptocurrency trading, police said on Tuesday.A case has been registered against six individuals at...

Mumbai, March 17 A total of 2,163 cybercrimes related to investment scams were registered in Maharashtra last year, leading to the arrest of 455 accused, Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis informed the state assembly on Tuesday.The state has stepped up measures to combat cyber fraud...

Gadag (Karnataka), March 16 Five men were arrested for allegedly luring students with false promises of scholarship money and other incentives to open mule bank accounts in their names for illegal transactions, police said on Monday.The accused were identified as Vakdoth Vakeel (24), Raju...

New Delhi, March 16 Over $442 billion has been siphoned off from the global economy in 2025 through financial fraud, Interpol said in its global financial fraud threat assessment for 2026, released on Monday.The report maintained that the overall global risk related to financial fraud remains...

New Delhi, March 16 – The Ghaziabad Police, which has arrested six people in connection with an espionage case, has learned that the racket was being managed by operatives from Pakistan. The police have learned that the accused focused primarily on targets in Mumbai and the National Capital...

New Delhi, March 16 The Supreme Court said on Monday that it would hear next week a suo motu case concerning victims of digital extortion.Digital extortion is a growing form of cybercrime in which fraudsters pose as law enforcement officers, court officials, or personnel from government...

New Delhi, March 15 The CBI has arrested a recruiter based in Kanpur, accused of sending Indians to "cyber-slavery compounds" in Southeast Asia where they were allegedly forced to run scams targeting people back home, officials said on Sunday.The accused, identified as Krishna Kumar Lakhwani...

New Delhi, March 15 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested a man from Kanpur who recruited Indian nationals to carry out organized cyber fraud operations from Cambodia, an official said on Sunday.Krishna Kumar Lakhwani, a resident of Kanpur in Uttar Pradesh, was working as an...

New Delhi, March 15 A 40-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly defrauding a Delhi resident of Rs 20,000 by pretending to arrange an easy loan through a social media platform, an official said on Sunday.The accused, identified as Satvinder Kaur, a resident of Tilak Nagar in west Delhi...

Thane, March 15 A 45-year-old man died by suicide in the Thane district of Maharashtra after allegedly being blackmailed by cyber criminals who threatened to circulate doctored, obscene photographs of him on social media, police said on Sunday.An investigation has revealed that the victim, a...

Thane, March 15 Police have busted a fake call centre in Navi Mumbai that allegedly cheated people of over Rs 1 crore by promising high returns through stock market trading, and have arrested two persons in connection with the matter, officials said on Sunday.Based on a tip-off, the police's...

Dubai, March 15 The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has ordered the arrest and urgent trial of 10 individuals of various nationalities for publishing video clips on social media platforms containing misleading and fabricated content amid regional tensions due to the war in Iran.In a statement...

Surat, March 14 The Gujarat Police will take strict action against those hoarding LPG cylinders and those selling them on the black market, DGP In-Charge K.L.N Rao said on Saturday.He said that the police have been directed to take strict legal action against such offenders.After attending a...

Kochi, March 14 The Kochi city cyber police have recovered over Rs 1 crore stolen from an 81-year-old man through a "digital arrest" online fraud.The incident occurred in November last year when the elderly man was defrauded of around Rs 1.30 crore in a digital arrest scam, where fraudsters...

Mumbai, March 13 The son of a housing complex chairperson was arrested for allegedly leaking CCTV footage which showed a woman kissing a man inside a lift, a Mumbai police official said on Friday.The video of the 36-year-old woman, who lives in the building with her husband and two daughters...

Ranchi, March 13 The Jharkhand CID has arrested three men from East Singhbhum for placing a person under "digital arrest" and extorting more than Rs 38.62 lakh, according to a statement released on Friday.The arrests were made following a complaint lodged at the CID's cybercrime police station...