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In Bengaluru, Karnataka, cyber thugs cheated an elderly woman of about Rs 24 crore by threatening digital arrest and money laundering case. Police have arrested 5 accused from Mumbai, Prayagraj and Delhi. Rs 60 lakh has also been frozen from a bank account.
The victim had recently sold one of her big properties. The thugs got information about this. In January 2026, the thugs, posing as officers of the investigating agency, called the woman and claimed that her bank accounts had been used for money laundering.
The thugs scared the woman by saying that she was under digital arrest. Told that he should not contact the family or any outsider until the investigation is completed. After this, between January and May, about Rs 24 crore was transferred from the woman to 22 different bank accounts.
When she went to sell gold the matter came to light
Even after taking crores of rupees, the swindlers kept asking for more money. When the cash ran out, the woman went to the bank to raise funds by mortgaging 1.30 kg of gold jewellery. Seeing the unusual transaction, the bank officials became suspicious and informed the police. After this the fraud was revealed.
Fraudsters are changing mobile numbers in Aadhaar by scanning eyes from fake interviews.
Cyber thugs have come up with a new way of cheating. On the pretext of online job interview or e-KYC, they record the data of people’s iris and face. Then with AI we create a video that looks like the original.
Through this, efforts are being made to change the mobile number in Aadhaar. As soon as the number changes, the OTPs linked to Aadhaar start reaching criminals and the threat from banking to DigiLocker increases. After several complaints, the Cyber Crime Branch has issued an advisory.
Aadhaar update is done through CSC, burglary is happening from there
According to the investigation of the Crime Branch, thugs are breaking into the Common Service Centers (CSC) which update Aadhaar. According to experts, criminals are accessing the system through stolen login IDs, fake agent networks or insider collusion. To stop this increasing fraud, the government is now continuously monitoring the CSC and Aadhaar update system.
How the girl got trapped on the pretext of interview
A 28-year-old girl from Jaipur was sent a fake online interview link in the name of a private company. In the name of ‘face verification’ on video call, the thugs made his face rotate at different angles and blink his eyes.
There was no response after the interview, but after a few days, messages regarding e-KYC and digital wallet activation started coming on the girl’s mobile. Investigation revealed that the fraudsters had tried to open fake digital accounts by creating AI-based face deepfakes from recorded data.
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