cyber crimes

'I was threatened with arrest for watching porn’: Inside the rise of fake cyber policing

November 09, 2025 12:32 pm

Scammers are using fear, shame, and fake police identities to extort money by falsely accusing victims of viewing explicit content online. In this edition of The Safe Side, we unpack how this scam operates and ways to stay safe from it.

'Ignorance, fear and greed': senior citizens increasingly targeted in cyber and stock market frauds

July 20, 2025 6:48 pm

Police and RBI officials caution the public, especially the elderly population, at a seminar organised in Chandigarh. 

Cyber criminals swindle Pune businessman of Rs 2.15 crore, posing as woman with marriage proposal

July 16, 2025 10:01 pm

Between April and June earlier this year, the victim was defrauded of a total of Rs 2.15 crore, by cyber criminals posing as 'Aakriti Sharma'.

'Digital arrest' fraud: Threatened with arrest under National Security Act, retired judge duped of Rs 1 cr

July 08, 2025 10:21 pm

Dos and don'ts: To prevent digital arrest, ‘firewall has to be in your head’

July 02, 2025 7:21 am

According to Ranjeeth Bellary, Partner, EY India Forensic and Integrity Services-Cyber Forensics, steps such as blocking and reporting unknown numbers, and using caller ID apps, are among the “simple precautions” that bank customers and citizens can “easily take” on their own.

Odisha varsity's VC loses Rs 14 lakh in 'digital arrest' fraud, 2 nabbed from Gujarat Berhampur

April 13, 2025 1:49 pm

Superintendent of Police of Berhampur Saravana Vivek M said the duo was part of a gang involved in several cyber crimes in various parts of the country.

'I rushed to my baby... she was no longer breathing': Infant's death during police raid puts Alwar village on edge

March 12, 2025 11:29 am

The action was part of a series of raids conducted by police on March 2 in connection with their crackdown on cyber crime.

Cyber crimes: 4.5 lakh ‘mule’ accounts frozen, many in public sector banks

November 12, 2024 7:36 am

As per the data, around 40,000 mule bank accounts were detected in branches of SBI; 10,000 in Punjab National Bank (including Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank of India); 7,000 in Canara Bank (including Syndicate Bank); 6,000 in Kotak Mahindra Bank; and 5,000 in Airtel Payments Bank.

Samanvaya portal, suspect registry: What to know about govt’s latest anti-cybercrime push

September 11, 2024 10:39 pm

From a centralised suspect registry to a special 'cyber commando' wing, here's a look at new cyber crime prevention initiatives by the government.

ED arrests 4 in Bengaluru for cheating people of Rs 25 crore in cyber investment scams

September 04, 2024 3:09 am

The accused were part of cyber investment scams where people were lured to invest in the stock market through fake and fraudulent apps, the Enforcement Directorate said.