mule accounts

New Delhi, April 11 The Delhi Police have busted a cyber fraud syndicate allegedly involved in providing mule bank accounts and have arrested 14 people from various locations, an official said on Saturday.The operation was carried out following an analysis of suspicious bank accounts linked to...

New Delhi, April 11 The Delhi Police has cracked an interstate cyber fraud network and arrested three individuals in connection with separate cases of digital fraud and investment scams involving over Rs 80 lakh, an official said on Saturday.In the first case, a fraud of Rs 47.74 lakh was...

New Delhi, April 10 – The Cyber Police Station in Delhi's South-West district has busted a major network involved in fake loan app fraud under Operation Cyhawk 4.0, arresting two more accused and uncovering links to virtual numbers originating from Pakistan and Bangladesh, officials said on...

New Delhi, April 9 Two individuals have been arrested for allegedly defrauding a man of approximately Rs 7 lakh by falsely claiming high returns through a fake stock investment scheme operated via a social media app, police said on Thursday.The accused, identified as Shashikant Sharma and...

New Delhi, April 9 Two men have been arrested for allegedly running an online cyber fraud scheme involving over ₹3.60 crore, using mule bank accounts and a social media application, police said on Thursday.The accused have been identified as Ram Avtar Singh, a resident of Agra, and Vikrant...

New Delhi, April 9 The Delhi Police has arrested six people for their alleged involvement in a transnational cyber fraud syndicate that used fake loan applications and siphoned money through mule bank accounts, an official said on Thursday.The arrests were made after investigators traced a...

New Delhi, April 9 Four cyber fraudsters have been arrested for allegedly running a multi-city racket to defraud people by posing as travel agents offering discounted air tickets, an official said on Thursday.The police recovered Rs 47 lakh in cash and a Mercedes S-Class car, among other...

New Delhi, April 9 Two nationals from Africa have been arrested for their alleged involvement in an international cyber fraud scheme that allegedly defrauded victims across multiple states of over Rs 50 lakh, police said on Thursday.The accused allegedly impersonated women on online platforms...

New Delhi, April 5 The Delhi Police has busted a major international cyber fraud syndicate—linked with over 2,000 complaints and scams worth over Rs 300 crore—with the arrest of its alleged mastermind and 10 others, an official said on Sunday.During the investigation, police uncovered a...

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...