eCommerce fraud goes 'Jamtara-style', powered by device farming: ReportIndian online shopping faces a new threat. Organised groups are using device farms to commit large-scale eCommerce fraud. These networks ex...
29 Apr, 2026, 02.55 PM IST
CJI Surya Kant flags rising 'digital arrest' scams duping educated peopleChief Justice of India Surya Kant voiced shock at educated people being defrauded by digital arrests. A recent case involved an elderly wom...
20 Apr, 2026, 12.53 PM IST
Hyderabad police crackdown on pan-India cyber fraud network, 32 bank officials among 52 heldUnder 'Operation Octopus 2.O', as many as 32 bank officials, 15 mule account holders and five middlemen were apprehended for complicity, Hy...
19 Apr, 2026, 08.12 PM IST
Supreme Court to hear digital arrest scam case next weekThe Supreme Court will hear a suo motu case concerning victims of digital arrest scams next week. These scams involve fraudsters impersonat...
16 Mar, 2026, 12.35 PM IST
SC terms siphoning of over Rs 54,000 cr by digital fraud 'dacoity', asks Centre to frame SoPThe Supreme Court has strongly condemned digital fraud, terming it 'robbery or dacoity'. Over Rs 54,000 crore has been siphoned off. The co...
09 Feb, 2026, 04.05 PM IST
Over 2,500 cyber fraudsters face action under Delhi Police's 'Operation CyHawk 3.0'Delhi Police launched a massive crackdown, 'Operation CyHawk 3.0', across multiple states. Over 2,500 individuals faced action in a drive a...
07 Feb, 2026, 05.28 PM IST
Cyber fraud: Dr Reddy's Laboratories loses Rs 2.16 cr after fraudsters hack email communicationBengaluru police are investigating a Rs 2.16 crore cyber fraud where hackers infiltrated email communications between Group Pharmaceuticals...
10 Nov, 2025, 05.52 PM IST
Delhi Police bust cyber gang run from Dubai handler; bank relationship manager held for opening fake accountsCyber scams are increasingly jumping borders, mixing fake firms, bank insiders and crypto tools. This case highlights how cheating networks...
31 Oct, 2025, 03.19 PM IST
Sextortion, fake jobs and trading frauds: Police data reveals scamsters’ dirty playbook, how they trap victims and move fundsCybercrime networks across India are perpetrating scams like sextortion, online trading fraud, and fake job offers, exploiting vulnerable i...
11 Sep, 2025, 03.50 PM IST
Major cyber fraud prevented in Lucknow, would have been one of the biggest cases in UP's historyThe story started with fraudsters opening another account in AKTU's name in the same bank where it already had an account. Then, bank offic...
20 Jun, 2024, 11.22 AM IST
Over Rs 10,300 crore siphoned off by cyber criminals since 2021: reportOver 4.52 lakh cyber crime cases were reported on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP) in 2021, which rose by 113.7% in 2022, wi...
03 Jan, 2024, 07.06 PM IST
CBI cracks down on cyber frauds targeting foreign nationals, recovers Rs 2.2 crore cashThe CBI conducted searches in an ongoing investigation of a case at around 24 locations and recovered Rs 2.2 crore cash including foreign c...
22 Nov, 2023, 11.17 PM IST
Movie-rating scam: Couple loses more than Rs 1 crore to fraudstersThey were introduced to the scheme through a Telegram group. They received a message in the group, "You can earn by sitting at home in your...
01 Apr, 2023, 05.49 PM IST
Six lakh cyber crime complaints registered on govt portal since 2019: MoS Home Ajay MishraThe minister said the states and Union Territories are primarily responsible for the prevention, detection, investigation and prosecution o...
20 Dec, 2022, 03.38 PM IST
Crimes too went digital in the pandemic, up 12%Uttar Pradesh pipped Karnataka to emerge as the state with the highest number of cybercrimes reported in 2020 - constituting over a fifth o...
29 Sep, 2021, 02.41 PM IST
Scamster village: 1,000 homes, 900 cyber crooksCyber cell officials of the Ahmedabad crime branch had recently searched these areas to catch Mohammed Jilani Ansari, who had cheated peopl...
29 May, 2017, 10.22 AM IST
Maharashtra becomes leading state in online fraud and forgery casesIn the face of tall claims made by law-enforcement agencies, Maharashtra has earned the dubious distinction of leading other states in onli...
14 Dec, 2015, 11.55 AM IST