Overview

• Investigators reported ₹86,64,827 returned to victims following a month-long September crackdown on online frauds.
• The drive followed 320 complaints filed through the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal, leading to 222 FIRs at the city cyber station and 106 at zonal cells.
• Those arrested were linked to investment, digital arrest, matrimonial, credit card, trading, job and social media-related frauds.
• Officers said the accused were connected to 257 cases nationwide, including 74 in Telangana, with arrests made across eight States.
• Seizures included 43 mobile phones, 21 SIM cards, 4 laptops, 23 ATM or debit cards, 9 cheque books, 8 passbooks and a shell company stamp, and refunds were led by investment and trading fraud recoveries.