mule accounts

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...

New Delhi/Srinagar, February 15 Security agencies have cracked down on an ever-growing ecosystem of "mule accounts" in Jammu and Kashmir that serves as the financial backbone of global scam networks, with officials fearing that the funds routed through these accounts could be used for separatist...

New Delhi, February 13 The CBI and the I4C are considering a range of measures to recommend to the government, including linking banks' KYC processes with biometric verification and tethering international mobile roaming services to passports, as part of a broader effort to curb cybercrimes...

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 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...

New Delhi, February 9 In an effort to combat the rising menace of "digital arrests," the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has informed the Supreme Court that it has established a high-level inter-departmental committee (IDC) to eliminate systemic gaps and ensure real-time protection for victims of...