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Cybercrime Squads Across India Bust Scammers in Stock, Crypto and Impersonation Frauds

Coordinated operations in Hyderabad, Noida, Surat disrupted cross-border fraud networks with authorities pursuing operators to recover assets

Jharkhand CID busts cyber crime racket linked to Chinese scammers, seven arrested
Fraudsters posing as CBI rob ex-scientist of 1.29 crores, arrested by UP police
Noida man loses ₹62L in crypto scam
Vijay Kumar Amrut Lal Thakkar, a resident of Gujarat’s Deesa worked for a cyber fraud gang being run by Chinese nationals operating from Cambodia. (Archives)

Overview

  • Hyderabad Cybercrime Police arrested two Gujarat men for a ₹67.6 lakh fake stock trading scam that used social media groups and mule accounts to dupe a 57-year-old employee.
  • Officers in Hyderabad detained Manish Kumar Sharma, linking him to at least 114 online investment fraud cases after he intercepted OTPs via a fraudulent app.
  • In Hyderabad, two men were held for defrauding a 52-year-old woman of ₹3.79 lakh through a fake trading platform and a separate suspect was apprehended for conning a 77-year-old man of ₹53 lakh using forged police credentials.
  • Noida Cyber Crime police registered an FIR after a 46-year-old man lost ₹62.43 lakh in a crypto trading scam orchestrated by fraudsters posing as a Chinese contact.
  • Surat Police cyber crime cell dismantled an international syndicate that siphoned over ₹235 crore through a pyramid-style MLM scheme, duping more than 11,000 investors and triggering cross-border probes.