Overview
- Hyderabad cybercrime operations in September led to 35 arrests across nine states and helped secure about ₹88.48 lakh in refunds for victims.
- Police in Bengaluru and Surat have continued local probes that produced arrests, cash and device seizures and identified operators who collected money from institutional and personal bank accounts.
- Investigators say attackers prepared by sending ZIP files, abusing Chrome and WhatsApp Web sessions, monitoring transactions for weeks, and using foreign IP addresses to execute timely impersonation scams.
- Large networks of ‘mule’ accounts across many states were used to receive and withdraw proceeds, with police tracing some funds converted into USDT and sent to crypto wallets on instructions from absconding overseas actors.
- Authorities warn people not to share bank access or documents, urge immediate reporting via the national cyber helpline 1930, and say quick reporting raises the chance of freezing funds and recovering money.