Overview
- Haryana suspended two IAS officers on Thursday in the alleged ₹590 crore diversion of government funds at IDFC First Bank and AU Small Finance Bank after the case advanced to a central probe.
- The CBI registered a case citing a multi‑layered scheme that diverted fixed‑deposit funds from state accounts into shell entities such as Swastik Desh Projects and SRR Planning Gurus, with dozens of devices seized and about 12 affected accounts identified across two banks.
- Delhi Police, in the CyHawk 4.0 crackdown, detained 8,371 people, took legal action against more than 1,400, filed 499 new cases, and linked 3,564 citizen complaints to mule bank accounts tied to scams worth over ₹519 crore.
- Separate Delhi cases this week included arrests in fake investment schemes using social media groups, a romance‑scam racket run by foreign nationals, and a fake loan‑app ring that extorted victims while routing money through QR codes and converting it into USDT.
- Investigators report call‑centre fronts and rapid turnover of SIMs and bank accounts to hide trails, with recent busts in Guru Arjun Nagar and Pitampura and a restaurant‑linked mule account case, as police urge victims to report quickly via helpline 1930 to freeze transfers.