Overview
- In Hyderabad, a constable and a payment‑gateway nodal officer blocked ₹5 lakh of a pensioner’s ₹10 lakh loss after fraudsters gained phone access via a malicious APK disguised as a bank verification app, with transactions traced through Razorpay to Slice Small Finance Bank.
- Goa cybercrime police arrested Avishkar Suradkar in a ₹4.74 crore fake IPO case, saying ₹80 lakh first hit his account before being layered to others and linking him to eight cases across six states totaling ₹13.10 crore, while another recipient of ₹30 lakh was identified for questioning.
- Mumbai’s central cyber police registered a case after a 65‑year‑old, placed under a so‑called digital arrest with uniformed video calls and fake court papers, liquidated assets including a flat and lost ₹75.5 lakh under BNS and IT Act provisions.
- Navi Mumbai police are probing a ring that duped a retired couple of ₹44.91 lakh by impersonating senior officials, including an IPS officer on video, and sending forged Enforcement Directorate receipts, with officers warning that no agency demands money over calls.
- Bhubaneswar police rescued a senior chartered accountant and his wife after a 10‑day digital confinement that led to ₹1.5 crore in transfers, while Bengaluru investigators opened a case after a retiree lost ₹33.7 lakh in a staged virtual courtroom.