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Police Across India Net Over Sixty in Major Cybercrime Sweep

Coordinated June raids target dating-app extortion, cryptocurrency and UPI scams as police track encrypted messaging networks and mule accounts.

25-yr-old security guard arrested for blackmailing 300 women
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The 64-year-old woman, who lives at Girgaon in south Mumbai, approached South Region Cyber Police Station last week.
The accused arrested after the police raid at two places. (Sourced)

Overview

  • Hyderabad’s cybercrime wing arrested 37 suspects from six states and seized phones, laptops and financial implements in operations that secured over ₹14.5 crore in victim refunds.
  • Delhi Police dismantled a Bitop-based cryptocurrency syndicate, arresting six fraudsters who lured investors with a fake USDT trading app and recovering multiple mobile devices and bank passbooks.
  • Punjab Police detained two members of an inter-state investment fraud gang accused of siphoning more than ₹8 crore through counterfeit stock-trading apps using virtual numbers and mule accounts.
  • Separate Delhi cases saw two men held for extorting ₹35,000 via a dating app, a government official arrested for a ₹24 lakh UPI scam and a father-son duo charged with withdrawing ₹64 lakh from a court account.
  • Officials have issued advisories urging the public to verify unsolicited investment pitches and report suspicious digital activity through the cybercrime portal as experts call for specialized enforcement units.