Overview

• Hyderabad Cybercrime Police arrested three suspects for operating fake stock trading and investment schemes that siphoned lakhs of rupees through mule bank accounts.
• Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force detained four men accused of ‘digital arrest’ extortion after they duped a retired scientist of ₹1.29 crore by posing as CBI officials.
• Surat Police Crime Branch busted a multi-level marketing stock scam, arresting three individuals and uncovering ₹335 crore routed through formal bank channels and the informal angadia network.
• Jharkhand CID nabbed seven agents collaborating with Chinese cybercriminals who deployed malicious apps to intercept OTPs and gain remote access to victims’ accounts.
• Investigators are tracing crores in laundered funds across informal networks while continuing to freeze assets and dismantle cross-border fraud channels.