Overview
- Maharashtra Cyber traced a suspicious RTGS transfer and on October 13 alerted Delhi Police, which traced and rescued a Delhi woman who had already sent roughly ₹27 lakh and was at risk of sending more.
- Delhi Police’s IFSO unit has arrested multiple suspects while linking 78 NCRP complaints that together involve about Rs 73 crore in alleged cyber‑extortion and investment frauds.
- Separate high‑value losses under investigation include a 74‑year‑old Mumbai businessman who transferred about ₹4.52 crore and a 72‑year‑old Hyderabad woman who lost about ₹2.20 crore.
- Investigators say gangs impersonate CBI, NIA, ATS and police officers, use forged court and RBI documents and keep victims on continuous video calls while forcing transfers into mule bank accounts and crypto conversions.
- Authorities warn there is no legal process called a “digital arrest,” urge independent verification of documents, recommend contacting the National Cyber Crime Helpline (1930), and say cross‑border handlers and Telegram channels complicate fund recovery.