Overview

• Gujarat police said a syndicate tied to Dubai, Vietnam and Cambodia carried out 1,549 crimes and defrauded citizens of about Rs 804 crore, arresting 10 in Surat and seizing 65 phones, 529 bank account kits, 686 SIMs and more.
• At a state event, authorities returned Rs 5.51 crore to victims, including funds recovered from a fake trading app case and a separate ‘digital arrest’ impersonation, and urged rapid reporting via helpline 1930.
• Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police arrested two Maharashtra-based suspects over a Rs 6.6 lakh ‘digital arrest’ scam linked to a retired doctor’s fatal cardiac arrest, reiterating that no such legal process exists.
• Cyberabad police froze Rs 25.10 lakh connected to two counterfeit online trading platforms that cost victims Rs 4.15 crore, with refunds to follow court orders.
• Parallel actions included Delhi arrests in a Rs 47 lakh stock-trading scam allegedly run for a China-based handler and Surat raids exposing rented bank accounts, shell firms and betting-linked flows topping Rs 20 crore.