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Thane, March 30 Fraudsters are alleged to have duped 11 residents of Thane district in Maharashtra by promising affordable housing under a government scheme, and they forged documents to open bank accounts for larger financial transactions, police said on Monday.A 54-year-old woman from...

Mumbai, March 28 – The Mumbai Police arrested a man on Saturday, accusing him of cyber-cheating a judge of the Bombay High Court. Acting on a complaint filed by the victim, a 25-year-old from Jamtara, Jharkhand, was taken into custody for allegedly creating fake customer care numbers and...

Meerut (UP), March 27 Uttar Pradesh Police busted an illegal VoIP telephone exchange in Meerut and arrested six persons for allegedly routing international calls as local ones to conceal identities and carry out financial fraud, officials said on Friday.A VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)...

Meerut, March 27 – The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) said on Friday that it has busted a cyber fraud racket based on SIM boxes and arrested two accused following searches at six locations in Uttar Pradesh.The accused, identified as Mohd Vilal and Mohd Dilshad, were apprehended from the...

Ranchi, March 25 The Jharkhand CID has arrested a man from Darbhanga in Bihar for allegedly extorting over Rs 10 lakh from an elderly person, after placing him under "digital arrest," officials said on Wednesday.The accused, posing as officials from law enforcement agencies, "intimidated and...

New Delhi, March 24 – In a major crackdown on cybercrime, the Delhi Police arrested 11 individuals on Tuesday who were involved in a well-organized investment fraud racket operating across Delhi and Mumbai. The accused allegedly defrauded a senior citizen of ₹22.67 lakh by luring him with...

Patna, March 11 A total of 141 people were arrested during a statewide crackdown by the Bihar Police on Wednesday, targeting networks of fake bank accounts allegedly used to facilitate cyber fraud across the country, an official statement said.The statewide operation, carried out under 'Cyber...

Hyderabad, March 11 Four individuals who allegedly supplied SIM cards used in online betting and gaming frauds have been arrested here, police said on Wednesday.The Cyber Crime Police arrested the four accused in connection with a case registered after a 36-year-old resident here lost Rs 1.5...

Guwahati, March 9 Five individuals have been arrested for their alleged involvement in interstate cyber crimes, from the Kamrup district of Assam, police said on Monday.Saurav Jyoti Saikia, SSP at the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), said police arrested the accused on Sunday during...

Jaipur, March 5, In view of the rising incidents of cybercrime in the state, the Cyber Crime Wing of the Rajasthan Police has issued a special public advisory warning people about fraudsters posing as officials of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and other investigative agencies...

New Delhi, February 27 The Delhi Police have arrested two brothers for allegedly defrauding a woman from Rohini by fraudulently transferring her mobile number and misusing her credit card details, according to a statement released by the police on Friday.The accused have been identified as...

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 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...

Bengaluru, February 24 – The Cyber Crime Police Station, Central Division, Bengaluru, attached to the Karnataka State Cyber Command, conducted a raid in the city and arrested two individuals on charges of operating a fake call centre and luring people by claiming they would earn profits through...

Kolkata, February 22 – Two young men have been arrested in Murshidabad district, West Bengal, on charges of allegedly spying for Pakistan, officials said on Sunday.Both were arrested by the Special Task Force (STF) of the West Bengal Police, which also recovered several mobile phones and SIM...

Kolkata, February 14 – The Kolkata Police will set up seven new sections under its cyber crime wing to tackle the rising number of cyber fraud cases in the city. Sources at Lalbazar, the city police headquarters, said on Saturday that the initiative has received the green signal from the state...