Overview
- Telangana’s Cyber Security Bureau said its 25-day sweep across five southern states netted 81 accused tied to about Rs 95 crore in fraud, with mule accounts, facilitators and three bank employees identified.
- West Bengal Police registered a consolidated suo motu FIR on November 5 and searched locations linked to industrialist Pawan Ruia on November 6 in a probe alleging Rs 317 crore siphoned from 1,379 victims.
- Preliminary Bengal findings indicate roughly Rs 170 crore was converted to cryptocurrency, with seizures including laptops, phones, Dubai SIMs and extensive records tied to suspected shell companies.
- Delhi Crime Branch cyber cell raids across Delhi, Haryana, Uttarakhand and Punjab reported arrests of syndicate operators and the recovery of crypto wallets holding about Rs 5 crore allegedly tied to a Dubai handler.
- Local actions continued with arrests in Panchkula investment and digital-arrest cases, a Pune senior duped of Rs 22.5 lakh with partial recovery, fresh victim reports in Noida and Mysuru, and police advisories issued in Mumbai and Prayagraj.