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India Expands Cyber-Fraud Crackdown as Delhi Reports ₹23 Crore ‘Digital Arrest’ Case

Investigators intensify action against mule-account suppliers plus call-centre handlers, with surging arrests, asset freezes, a ₹23 crore complaint.

Overview

  • Delhi Police’s IFSO unit registered an FIR after a 78-year-old retired banker reported losing nearly ₹23 crore during a month-long ‘digital arrest’; roughly ₹1.5 crore has been frozen.
  • Noida cybercrime officers arrested three B.Tech students accused of supplying bank accounts used to siphon ₹1.70 crore from a retired official; about ₹17.48 lakh has been frozen.
  • Delhi Crime Branch arrested two men who provided NGO/trust accounts to syndicates running fake IPO and stock schemes that siphoned nearly ₹6 crore, with ₹20 lakh traced to one trust account.
  • Punjab Police detained 38 people in a Phagwara resort raid on an interstate call-centre operation accused of defrauding victims in the US and Canada; laptops, phones and cash were seized.
  • Rajasthan Police’s ‘Cyber Sangram’ in Alwar led to six arrests in a mule-account racket linked to scams exceeding ₹100 crore, with an SIT formed and extensive banking evidence seized.