Overview
- Hyderabad’s cybercrime wing issued a public alert about a sharp rise in online trading frauds that use fake apps, manipulated dashboards and fee demands to block withdrawals.
- Navi Mumbai cyber police registered an FIR after a 71-year-old Vashi businessman lost about ₹1.6 crore through WhatsApp groups and a bogus trading app, with officers tracing funds via banks and telecom data.
- Thane’s Rabodi police opened a case after a 78-year-old man transferred ₹1.06 crore in 21 transactions to multiple accounts following high-return promises in investment groups.
- Cyber police arrested three suspects in Gujarat for allegedly extorting ₹1.51 crore from a Nagpur resident by posing as police and threatening a so-called digital arrest.
- Fresh complaints include a Bengaluru senior and his sister losing ₹80.5 lakh to impersonators, a Jabalpur retiree losing ₹21.5 lakh under digital arrest threats, and Goa FIRs over separate investment scams totaling about ₹3.5 crore.