Investigators said around Rs 6 lakh of the cheated amount had landed in the bank account of a private firm Gurgaon: Six men, including an alleged key operative of a Dubai-based cyber fraud syndicate, were arrested in connection with a Rs 2-crore online investment scam targeting a retired Indian Air Force official.The probe traced a…
Noida: Five persons were arrested from a call centre in Sector 1 for cheating around 250 people of a total of Rs 62 lakh by offering them loans at lower interest rates but never disbursing the money.Additional DCP Manisha Singh said the group targeted people looking for loans and lured them with offers of instant…
Kolkata: The Kolkata Police cybercrime units carried out two raids, leading to the arrest of four persons from Bihar and Kolkata. The accused were involved in separate financial and digital fraud rackets, worth over Rs 2 crore, police said.While one operation neutralized an interstate APK online invest fraud network, the other busted an illegal call…
Panaji: Goa police’s crime branch on Sunday busted an alleged cricket betting racket, arrested four people, and seized electronic items worth Rs 2 lakh.Crime branch SP Rahul Gupta said that police received reliable information that illegal online betting on a live India A vs Sri Lanka A cricket match A was being conducted at Mapusa.Accordingly,…
New Delhi: Delhi Police, in the fifth edition of Operation CyHawk, has arrested 916 people and taken legal action against 4,290 people.The 48-hour nationwide operation ran from 8 am on June 16 and to 8 am on June 18. All 15 district police units, along with the intelligence fusion and strategic operations (IFSO) unit and…
Aspirants undergo security checks before appearing in an exam in Patna Patna: After chaos at Patliputra Junction and complaints of alleged technical glitches at several examination centres during the Bihar Police Prohibition Constable recruitment exam on Sunday, the Bihar STF and Bhagalpur police have busted a cheating racket allegedly helping candidates clear the test illegally.In…
Pune: In a joint operation, the Hadapsar and Mundhwa police raided four locations in Hadapsar, Phursungi and Bhekrainagar and busted an online gaming fraud racket being run through call centres. Two key accused were arrested, while a case was registered against 10 others, including the alleged kingpin operating from Dubai.The arrested accused were identified as…
Surat: Posing as officials from some of Canada’s most trusted govt agencies, a gang operating from a bungalow in Vapi allegedly threatened unsuspecting Canadian citizens with arrest and criminal prosecution before extorting money from them through gift card scams. The operation came to an end on Thursday when Valsad police’s special operations group (SOG) raided…
DG CID Charu Sinha addresses the media at the CID office in Lakdikapul on Monday Hyderabad: The Telangana CID’s Special Investigation Team (SIT) has dismantled an illegal online betting network linked to the Dafabet platform and arrested 11 persons, including an Afghan national, from Delhi, Gujarat and Punjab. The arrests were made following an investigation…
Kanpur: Panki police and the cyber cell of West Zone Police busted a cyber fraud gang that duped people with investment promises, arresting five accused from Delhi and Ghaziabad.Police Commissioner Raghubir Lal said police arrested Rishi Sharma, Utsav Tyagi and Durgesh Kumar of Ghaziabad, Ajay Mittal of New Delhi, and Sachin of Gurugram. Police recovered…
