Overview
- Mumbai cyber police arrested Surat resident Jitendrabhai Dhanjibhai Miyani after a 68-year-old woman lost ₹3.71 crore in a scam that featured a staged online ‘court’ invoking “Justice Chandrachud,” with ₹1.71 crore routed through his mule account and a ₹6.4 lakh commission withdrawn.
- Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police held two men from Bhavnagar, Gujarat, in a ₹1.95 crore case, alleging they operated multiple mule accounts that funneled funds to Dubai via hawala, took commissions up to 15%, and used accounts linked to 22 prior cases.
- Delhi Police Crime Branch reported two arrests tied to an inter-state syndicate, including a case where a US-based NRI was coerced into transferring ₹30 lakh through a partnership firm’s account and another involving a fake trading app, with raids yielding dozens of ATM cards, cheque books and devices.
- Chandigarh police data show that seniors are disproportionately targeted, with eight of the top 10 cases in 2024–2025 involving victims over 70, and methods including forged documents, impersonation of officials and continuous video surveillance.
- The Supreme Court on December 1 ordered a unified CBI probe into digital-arrest cases and sought states’ DSPE consent, as police continue seizures, bank freezes and efforts to trace absconding masterminds abroad.