cybercrime

Cyber fraudsters turn i to 1 in mail id, dupe maritime company of Rs 30 lakh

November 07, 2025 9:12 pm

The fraudsters in an e-mail told the Mumbai-based company to send payments due to the US company into a new account that they had opened, thereby duping them. An FIR has been registered with the east region cyber police station.

From cybercrime to hockey: How Jamtara is turning a corner

November 05, 2025 4:58 pm

For long, Jamtara in Jharkhand has been the country’s cybercrime universe, where young men pull off the most audacious scams through a sleight of SIM cards. But since 2022, a quiet movement has been sweeping through these parts as a generation of young men and women take to hockey

Delhi High Court recently denied bai to two men accused of cybercrime racket and said cases of online fraud are rising in the country.

'Happening from any part of India': Why Delhi High Court denied bail to two men saying alarming rise in cybercrimes

November 04, 2025 2:21 pm

Digital scams: Delhi High Court said there is an alarming rise in cybercrimes and digital scams in the country, and fraudsters from anywhere in India are duping citizens.

‘Behind Rs 200-crore fraud and laundering to Dubai’, police say as 6 members of ‘cybercrime syndicate’ arrested in Gujarat

November 03, 2025 4:50 pm

According to the police, the group allegedly operated multiple mule bank accounts to store the money and laundered it to Dubai, UAE

Locating cybercrime hot spots, taking steps to prevent financial fraud: Delhi Police get a lesson from I4C

October 30, 2025 3:04 pm

Delhi Police officers also discussed ways to prevent cyberbullying, combat child pornography, and curb the misuse of AI-generated content with I4C officials.

Plumber and man who studied up to Class 10 arrested over Rs 47-crore cybercrime involving Hong Kong hackers and Dubai-based Indians: Bengaluru police

October 28, 2025 11:11 am

Multiple suspicious transactions were executed between midnight on August 6 and 7, when hackers drained the Bengaluru finance firm’s bank accounts within a mere two and a half hours

72 nations sign landmark UN treaty to tackle cybercrime: what does this mean for India?

October 28, 2025 9:28 am

Several tech companies and digital rights activists have criticised the UN treaty against cybercrime, signed in Vietnam’s Hanoi, over concerns that it could end up criminalising legitimate online activity.

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‘Victim forced by fraudsters to visit 4 banks over 27 days to transfer Rs 58 cr, tracked him via phone call’: Police

October 18, 2025 1:58 pm

Sources said, the scamsters forced the victim to visit four banks where he held accounts for 27 days across a 40-day period to transfer money to various “mule accounts” while they listened in on an “active phone call” to "keep a tab".

What the NCRB 2023 Report reveals about growing cybercrimes in Karnataka

October 04, 2025 12:35 pm

The cyber crimes study report has called for better monitoring of accounts by the banking sector to identify the creation and usage of mule accounts which tend to be dormant accounts or new accounts opened with fictitious details of identity and location

Only 407 cyberfraud cases logged in Delhi in 2023, reveals NCRB report. Here's why

October 01, 2025 3:47 am

According to an officer, who did not wish to be named, it is not necessary to convert every complaint into an FIR immediately