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4w ago

Indian Police Crack Down on Pan-India Cyber Fraud Syndicates

Coordinated operations across Delhi, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have dismantled fraudulent call centres by exposing networks that funnel stolen funds abroad.

The racket had reportedly been active for the past six months and amassed nearly ₹50 crore, police said. (HT Photo)
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Mumbai's Dahisar Police has arrested a serious cyber criminal from Bengaluru who used to malign and misuse pictures of women on social media.
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Overview

  • Delhi Police arrested three suspects in Jaipur linked to a fake hotel-review scam that converted victims’ money into Tether cryptocurrency and routed it to handlers in China.
  • Punjab Police dismantled an illegal call centre in Mohali, seizing equipment and charging eight people over a racket that duped the public of nearly ₹50 crore with bogus crypto-purchase alerts.
  • Law enforcement in Gurugram and Delhi apprehended suppliers of pre-activated SIM cards and synthetic bank accounts used by sextortion and investment fraud rings to target victims.
  • Across multiple states, cybercriminals coerced individuals—including elderly citizens in Mumbai and a retired IAF officer in Greater Noida—into ‘digital arrests,’ resulting in losses from lakhs to over ₹2 crore.
  • Agencies are tracing payment trails through gift cards, e-vouchers and UPI transfers as investigations widen and authorities prepare for further arrests and fund recovery efforts.