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India Police Bust Interstate Cyber Fraud Rings With Dating App and Digital Arrest Scams

Authorities have registered multiple FIRs, expanding cross-state cyber fraud investigations following the Mumbai arrests

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After the dinner date, the waiter presented a bill of ₹35,000 for the food and hookah that they had ordered, said a police officer.
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Overview

  • Mumbai police arrested 21 people, including six women, on July 7–8 in a dating app scheme that lured men to hotels and duped them with fake inflated bills
  • Authorities have filed FIRs under IPC sections 420 and 34 and relevant IT Act provisions in cases ranging from gold-trading lures to fake investment platforms and digital arrest extortions
  • Investigators allege the dating-app gang originated from Delhi and Uttar Pradesh and colluded with hotel managers in Navi Mumbai to siphon payments via QR codes
  • Cyber Economic and Narcotics Crime units report victims in Karnataka and Rajasthan losing over ₹3.16 crore to ‘digital arrest’ scams as key figures in those operations are detained
  • Police continue to trace inter-state mule networks and overseas call-centre hubs in a nationwide crackdown on organised cyber-fraud syndicates