Cyber Crime News

Inner Manipur Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam has strongly condemned what he called malicious social media posts that alleged he was involved in a car accident under the influence in Delhi.

Goa's Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho and BJP MLA Nilesh Cabral have been targeted by cyber fraudsters who have allegedly created their fake profiles on WhatsApp and have been asking for money from people.

Cyber criminals have duped an IIT Jodhpur professor of nearly Rs 12 lakh after being held under 'digit arrest' for 12 days.

A cyber crime team of the Gurugram Police busted a fake call centre involved in duping people on the pretext of providing job loans and arrested 17 people including 15 women in connection with the case.

The Mumbai police froze nearly Rs 40 lakh extorted by a cyber fraudster from a man after he lodged a complaint with the cyber helpline 1930, an official said on Thursday.

The Cyber Crime Division of Punjab Police has busted two fake call centres running in Mohali, near here, and arrested 155 employees for making fraudulent calls to people living in the US and duping them, police said on Friday.

Earlier this week, the AIFF had registered an official complaint with the Cyber Crime Unit of the Delhi Police, on the said allegations.

India's central bank plans to soon change guidelines to permit banks to temporarily freeze accounts suspected of being used to commit cyber crimes, as it battles a rising wave of online crime, three sources told Reuters.

Vineeta Singh, entrepreneur and Shark Tank India judge, has come forward to dismiss persistent rumours of her death.

After two Gurugram residents were duped of nearly Rs 2 crore by cyberfraudsters, a marketing professional from Chennai on Tuesday said she received a similar scam call claiming her Aadhaar number was used to send drugs to Thailand.

The police seized Rs 8 lakh in cash, one laptop and 12 mobile phones from them.

Work from Home or Part-time job scams contribute to highest number of cyber crimes reported in the country followed by illegal lending apps in 2023, as per the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), a part of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

After Jai-Veeru politics in Madhya Pradesh, state police have also played a filmy stroke to make citizens aware in view of the increasing cyber crimes.

The Bengaluru Police have busted a Rs 854 crore cyber fraud scam and arrested six people who allegedly cheated thousands of victims across India on the pretext of an investment scheme, officials said on Saturday.

Cyber investigation involved interrogating hundreds of people, and scanning footage from over 700 CCTV cameras before they found links to the main accused Bharat Soni.

Inner Manipur Congress MP Angomcha Bimol Akoijam has strongly condemned what he called malicious social media posts that alleged he was involved in a car accident under the influence in Delhi.

Goa's Transport Minister Mauvin Godinho and BJP MLA Nilesh Cabral have been targeted by cyber fraudsters who have allegedly created their fake profiles on WhatsApp and have been asking for money from people.

Cyber criminals have duped an IIT Jodhpur professor of nearly Rs 12 lakh after being held under 'digit arrest' for 12 days.

A cyber crime team of the Gurugram Police busted a fake call centre involved in duping people on the pretext of providing job loans and arrested 17 people including 15 women in connection with the case.

The Mumbai police froze nearly Rs 40 lakh extorted by a cyber fraudster from a man after he lodged a complaint with the cyber helpline 1930, an official said on Thursday.

The Cyber Crime Division of Punjab Police has busted two fake call centres running in Mohali, near here, and arrested 155 employees for making fraudulent calls to people living in the US and duping them, police said on Friday.

Earlier this week, the AIFF had registered an official complaint with the Cyber Crime Unit of the Delhi Police, on the said allegations.

India's central bank plans to soon change guidelines to permit banks to temporarily freeze accounts suspected of being used to commit cyber crimes, as it battles a rising wave of online crime, three sources told Reuters.

Vineeta Singh, entrepreneur and Shark Tank India judge, has come forward to dismiss persistent rumours of her death.

After two Gurugram residents were duped of nearly Rs 2 crore by cyberfraudsters, a marketing professional from Chennai on Tuesday said she received a similar scam call claiming her Aadhaar number was used to send drugs to Thailand.

The police seized Rs 8 lakh in cash, one laptop and 12 mobile phones from them.

Work from Home or Part-time job scams contribute to highest number of cyber crimes reported in the country followed by illegal lending apps in 2023, as per the Indian Cybercrime Coordination Centre (I4C), a part of the Ministry of Home Affairs.

After Jai-Veeru politics in Madhya Pradesh, state police have also played a filmy stroke to make citizens aware in view of the increasing cyber crimes.

The Bengaluru Police have busted a Rs 854 crore cyber fraud scam and arrested six people who allegedly cheated thousands of victims across India on the pretext of an investment scheme, officials said on Saturday.

Cyber investigation involved interrogating hundreds of people, and scanning footage from over 700 CCTV cameras before they found links to the main accused Bharat Soni.