Overview
- A joint Navi Mumbai Cyber Police–Crime Branch raid on November 18 at a Turbhe hub found 97 workers operating under shell brands such as The Wealth Growth and Stock Vision, with 108 computers, 38 phones and a GSM server seized.
- Checks of 71 bank accounts showed 61 with ₹12.29 crore tied to 31 complaints on the national portal, with 20 suspects arrested and remanded to custody until November 23 as investigators pursue more accused and a larger fraud total.
- Jharsuguda Police arrested 12 under Operation Netra, seizing 61 passbooks, 41 ATM cards and 90 phones, and uncovering mule‑account recruitment across Odisha, Bihar and Rajasthan with money trails linked to Jamtara.
- Delhi Police shut an international fake call centre in South Delhi, arresting eight while an alleged kingpin named Sanu fled, after earlier multi‑state raids that recovered cryptocurrency worth about ₹5 crore and exposed digital‑arrest and investment rackets.
- Fresh cases underscore continuing harm to seniors, including a Pune retiree duped of ₹1.68 crore via a fake trading platform and multiple “digital arrest” extortions in Mumbai, Bhopal and Bengaluru, with police urging reports to helpline 1930 or cybercrime.gov.in.