mule accounts

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...

Chandigarh, March 20 – The Punjab Police's State Cyber Crime Division has cracked down on a gang involved in facilitating the opening and supply of bank accounts, commonly known as "mule accounts," to cyber fraudsters. This was done by arresting three individuals. Police Director General (DGP)...

Kohima, March 17 – The Enforcement Directorate's (ED) Dimapur Sub Zonal Office has provisionally attached 94 bank accounts involving proceeds of crime worth approximately Rs 10.24 crore in connection with the HPZ Token investment scam, officials said on Tuesday.The attachment was carried out...

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...

In Hyderabad, on March 10, two bank employees, software engineers, seven students, and 15 women were among the 208 accused arrested by the Telangana State Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) as part of a statewide operation against mule accounts that facilitate cyber fraud across India, a senior...

Belagavi (Karnataka), March 10 A massive cyber fraud network, allegedly using 2,900 dummy bank accounts to funnel fraudulent transactions, has been uncovered, police said on Tuesday.According to police officials, cyber fraudsters are increasingly targeting unemployed youth and women by luring...

Thiruvananthapuram, March 6 Kerala police said on Friday that they had arrested 165 people and registered 455 cases in a statewide drive to curb cyber financial fraud and related activities.The special drive, code-named "Operation Cy-Hunt 2.0", was conducted simultaneously at all police...

Patna, March 2 Patna Police arrested three individuals in two separate cases related to cyber fraud in the state capital on Sunday, an official said on Monday.The arrests were made during routine raids conducted by the police across the city.DSP (Cyber) Nitish Chandra Dharia told reporters...

Berhampur (Odisha), February 27 A court in Ganjam, Odisha, has issued a notice to a man, allegedly for the attachment of his property acquired through operating mule bank accounts to aid cybercriminals, police said on Friday.The Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC), Khallikote, issued a...

Hyderabad, February 25 The Telangana Police launched "Operation Crackdown" on Wednesday, a special operation to dismantle the cybercrime network across the state.Conceived by the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB), Operation Crackdown will involve a series of operations over the next few...

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...

Hyderabad, February 25 – The Telangana police launched "Operation Crackdown" on Wednesday, a special operation to dismantle the cybercrime network across the state.Conceived by the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB), "Operation Crackdown" will involve a series of operations over the next...

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...

Hyderabad, February 25 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) conducted extensive searches across six states on Wednesday and arrested three accused in a "Digital Arrest" fraud case involving ₹1.86 crore.The case involves defrauding a senior citizen from Kottayam district in Kerala...

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...

Hyderabad, February 24 The police said on Tuesday that it had dismantled a pan-India cyber fraud syndicate in a major crackdown by arresting 104 people from 16 states.The individuals linked to 1,055 cyber fraud cases registered across the country, involving a total fraud amount of...

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...

Chandigarh, February 17 – The Enforcement Directorate’s (ED) Jalandhar zonal office has issued a provisional attachment order in connection with a money laundering investigation related to the digital arrest of S.P. Oswal under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) of...

New Delhi, February 17 The Enforcement Directorate said on Tuesday that it has attached ₹1.76 crore of funds deposited in a mule bank account as part of its money laundering investigation linked to the digital arrest of prominent Ludhiana-based industrialist S P Oswal.The funds were held in...

New Delhi, February 15 Four individuals have been arrested for defrauding a Delhi resident of over Rs 45 lakh through fake stock trading and investment schemes, police said on Sunday.The accused operated an organized network across several states, including Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh...