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Last Updated:April 08, 2026, 9:12 PM IST Delhi Police CyHawk 4.0 detains 8371, arrests over 1400 in major cyber fraud crackdown, exposes Rs 519 crore scams with global links, seizes key evidence and freezes funds Police detained 8,371 suspects for questioning during the operation. In one of its largest-ever crackdowns on cybercrime, the Delhi Police…
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR in connection with an alleged digital fraud in which a 76-year-old woman from Delhiās Munirka was cheated of her life savings, officials said on Wednesday. The agency took over the case from the Delhi Police Special Cell and re-registered it as a CBI case following…
Last Updated:December 22, 2025, 5:53 PM IST In Ahmedabad, alert bank and mutual fund officials saved three elderly citizens from losing Rs 2.21 crore to digital arrest scams, highlighting rising cybercrime targeting seniors A 65-year-old resident broke a fixed deposit of Rs 45 lakh and tried to transfer the money to an account in Odisha….
Last Updated:November 19, 2025, 09:21 IST In Pune district, scammers posing as police duped an ex-professor and an elderly couple, stealing over Rs 5 crore through digital arrest scams. FIRs were filed. Digital arrests are on the rise in India. (Representative Image) An elderly couple and a retired professor in Pune district recently fell victim…
Last Updated:November 09, 2025, 1:40 PM IST Police sources said the cyber fraud network, active since 2024, was a highly sophisticated and organised syndicate with links across multiple states and digital platforms Ruia Group chairman Pawan Kumar Ruia and his family have been booked on charges of money laundering for allegedly routing illegal funds through…
Bengaluru police have recovered Rs 14 lakh lost by Dr Preethi Sudhakar, wife of Chikkaballapur BJP MP and former Karnataka minister Dr K Sudhakar, after she fell prey to a cyber fraud known as a ādigital arrest.ā According to a police press release, on August 26, 44-year-old Preethi received a WhatsApp video call from fraudsters…
The Special Task Force (STF) of Uttar Pradesh Police arrested three members of an organised gang involved in digital fraud by impersonating officers of law enforcement agencies such as the CBI, Narcotics Control Bureau, Crime Branch to “digitally arrest” their victims. The accused — identified as Shyam, Hasrhal and Punit Sharma — all residents of…
In a shocking case of digital case, a 26-year-old woman in Mumbai was forced into stripping during a video call under the pretext of undergoing “body verification” and swindled of Rs 1.7 lakh by scammers who claimed her name was involved in a money laundering investigation. According to TOI reports, based on her complaint, the…
New Delhi: Digital scams have become increasingly common with many victims falling prey to such tactics. In a recent update, a 25 year old student from IIT Bombay lost Rs 7.29 lakh to scammers who posed as employees of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The scammer falsely accused the student of money laundering…
Police officials said the fraudsters appeared to have been keeping tabs on the builder. Ahmedabad: A builder in Ahmedabad lost Rs 1 crore after he fell prey to a ‘digital arrest’ scam in which some people posing to be from the police and the Narcotics Control Bureau told him that 550 grams of a drug…