Overview
- Maharahstra Cyber, probing a ₹58 crore Mumbai case, reports an international network with links to Hong Kong, China and Indonesia using multiple crypto wallets to move funds.
- Officials estimate cumulative takings from such scams may exceed ₹2,000 crore, with investigators mapping commission-based mule account chains across India.
- A 60-year-old Mumbai businessman was kept on a continuous video call, shown a fake Supreme Court notice and coerced to transfer ₹53 lakh; an FIR is registered and a probe is underway.
- Pune City Cyber Police say a 62-year-old retiree lost ₹99 lakh after scammers sent a forged arrest warrant carrying Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s signature and diverted money to mule accounts in Thane.
- Police highlight a pattern of impersonation of agencies such as TRAI, CBI and ED, urge immediate reporting via 1930 or cybercrime.gov.in, and note cases where victims confined by threats avoided losses by refusing transfers.