digital fraud

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...

Mangaluru (Karnataka), March 27 A case has been registered following the use of a website impersonating the city police to defraud people through online gambling, officials said on Friday.The case came to light when personnel from the Cyber, Economic, and Narcotics (CEN) police station noticed...

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...

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...

Srinagar, March 23 – The Enforcement Directorate (ED) zonal office in Srinagar, J&K, announced on Monday that it has provisionally attached Rs 16,86,465 as proceeds of crime generated through deception of innocent victims through what is being termed as "digital arrest."A press release by the...

Belagavi (Karnataka), March 23 An 81-year-old businessman is alleged to have lost over Rs 15 crore in a "digital fraud" scheme after fraudsters posing as CBI officials accused him of involvement in a financial crime, police said.According to officials, the senior citizen received multiple...

Belagavi (Karnataka), March 22 An 81-year-old businessman in this city is alleged to have lost over Rs 15 crore in a "digital fraud scam" after fraudsters posing as CBI officials accused him of involvement in a financial crime, police said on Sunday.According to officials, the senior citizen...

Belagavi (Karnataka), March 22 An 81-year-old businessman here is alleged to have lost over Rs 15 crore in a "digital fraud scam" after fraudsters posing as CBI officials accused him of involvement in a financial crime, police said on Sunday.According to officials, the senior citizen received...

Hyderabad, March 21 Cyber criminals defrauded an accountant of a private company by impersonating the company's owner, police said on Saturday.The cyber criminals sent a message to the accountant on an instant messaging app in early March, including a picture of a woman and claiming that she...

Gurugram, March 18 The Gurugram Police have cracked a nationwide cyber fraud network, arresting 10 individuals, an officer said on Wednesday.The police said the gang defrauded approximately Rs 40 crore through fraudulent activities between February and March.The accused were allegedly...

New Delhi, March 18 The Delhi Police has arrested three individuals for allegedly facilitating the operations of a major "digital fraud" racket that cheated a resident of Paschim Vihar of Rs 14.2 lakh, an official said on Wednesday.The accused – Md Kaif (21) and Monish (21), residents of...

Important cases listed in the Supreme Court on Monday, March 16* The Supreme Court will hear a suo motu case concerning the rising incidents of digital fraud, particularly digital arrests, across the country.* The Supreme Court will hear a petition filed by Ashoka University professor Ali...

New Delhi, March 12 The CBI has registered separate cases related to two incidents of digital fraud targeting a former professor and a retired gynecologist from Gujarat, defrauding them of a total of Rs 30 crore, officials said on Thursday.In the first case, a retired professor from St...

New Delhi, March 5 Chief Justice of India Surya Kant met with the King of Bhutan, Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, in Thimphu on Thursday and offered comprehensive support for technical assistance and the development of best practices in the digitization and digitalization of judicial processes...

New Delhi, March 1 Bharti Airtel will deploy its AI-enabled spam protection tool on text messages sent via Google's messaging platform to protect its customers from potential digital fraud, as part of the collaboration between the two firms, the telecom operator said on Sunday.Following the...

Mumbai, February 26 The Reserve Bank said on Thursday that close coordination among all stakeholders is necessary to prevent or mitigate digital fraud.A two-day workshop for executive directors and heads of fraud risk management of 60 major banks, conducted by the RBI, concluded on Wednesday...

The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has conducted a large-scale search operation across six states and arrested three individuals in a major case of digital fraud. Searches were carried out at various locations in Delhi, Bengaluru in Karnataka, Palakkad in Kerala, Nagpur in Maharashtra...

New Delhi, February 25 The CBI on Wednesday arrested three individuals for allegedly defrauding a senior citizen from Kottayam, Kerala, of a large sum of money through "digital fraud," officials said.The arrests were made during a search operation that covered six states – Goa, Karnataka...

New Delhi, February 25 The Delhi Police has arrested three men for allegedly defrauding a 75-year-old woman in a digital fraud case, an official said on Wednesday.The accused, identified as Yogendra Gujjar (19), Chotu Lal Meena (20), and Rakesh Meena (25), were apprehended following technical...

New Delhi, February 25 – Delhi Police on Wednesday busted a digital fraud racket operating from Jaipur, Rajasthan, and arrested three individuals for duping a senior citizen of Rs 16 lakh.According to a statement issued by the South-West District, the operation was carried out by the staff of...