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6d ago

Record ₹7.72 Crore 'Digital Arrest' Scam Uncovered as Cyber Police Intensify Crackdown

Intensified police action has failed to stop fraudsters from using impersonation to coerce victims or mule accounts to launder proceeds internationally.

Cops addressing a press conference in Mohali on Thursday. (HT Photo)
Cyber police sensitising elderly residents during a door-to-door awareness drive on digital arrest frauds in Chandigarh on Thursday. (HT Photo)
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Overview

  • Cyber units in Mumbai halted a digital detention of an 81-year-old woman who transferred ₹7.72 crore and filed an FIR despite no arrests or recoveries so far.
  • Cyberabad Police arrested ten suspects in smishing and trading frauds between August 5 and 11 and secured court orders to recover over ₹60 lakh.
  • Mumbai Crime Branch’s Unit 2 arrested five people in a SIM and bank account rental racket linked to international fraud syndicates and seized 50 passbooks and dozens of SIM cards.
  • Victims in Noida and Hyderabad lost tens of lakhs through share-trading and dating-app investment scams, prompting FIRs and public advisories.
  • Ongoing investigations are tracing money flows to hubs in Cambodia and Dubai and targeting mule-based laundering networks with multiagency cooperation.