How tech hub Telangana is becoming a cybercrime hotspot? All you need to knowCybercriminals, ranging from amateur OTP fraudsters from Jharkhand's notorious Jamtara to sophisticated malware experts operating from high...
22 Jul, 2024, 12.28 PM IST
Jamtara in Bundi: How a 21-year-old student in Rajasthan trained an army of 500 youths in online fraud, fake stock returnsIn Rajasthan, 21-year-old Yogesh Meena was arrested for training 500 youths in cyber fraud. He operated in villages across Bundi and Sawai ...
06 Mar, 2024, 11.14 AM IST
Pratibimb nails 454 black hats in Jamtara zoneThe Pratibimb app, launched in November-December, led to the arrest of 454 cyber criminals in Jamtara, Deoghar, and Giridih areas of Jharkh...
04 Jan, 2024, 12.02 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
80% of cyber crimes from 10 districts; Rajasthan's Bharatpur new Jamtara: studyA study by IIT Kanpur-incubated startup Future Crime Research Foundation suggests that the analysis of the top 10 cybercrime hubs (district...
24 Sep, 2023, 06.01 PM IST
How Jamtara scamsters pocketed Rs 1.5 lakh everyday through credit card fraudsIn Jamtara, India's cybercrime hotspot, a gang member was found to be making between Rs 1 lakh and Rs 1.5 lakh daily through credit card fr...
15 Sep, 2023, 05.35 PM IST
Once known for Aravalis, Nuh now a hotbed of crime, religious violenceHaryana's Nuh district has gained notoriety in recent years as a hotspot of cybercrime, cattle smuggling, illegal mining and religious viol...
06 Aug, 2023, 03.27 PM IST
Over 200 arrested, 102 FIRs lodged in Nuh violence: Haryana minister VijHaryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Friday said 202 people have been arrested so far and 80 taken into preventive detention in connection wit...
05 Aug, 2023, 02.31 PM IST
A dark web of crime grows in Delhi's shadow: 28,000 cases and countingThe criminals from Nuh have victims in almost every state of India. Recent arrests of a few dozen criminals have led to the discovery of 28...
12 May, 2023, 09.52 PM IST
Cyber threat now a matter of national security, says Amit ShahUnion home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said cyber security is no longer limited to the digital world and it has become a matter of nation...
29 Mar, 2023, 12.28 AM IST
No kingpins, just a smartphone and SIM card: How cybercriminals in Mewat scam mobile ownersDelhi Police are also now keeping an eye on the young scammers operating from the Mewat region after several cases of scams revealed that t...
19 Feb, 2023, 04.30 PM IST
Scamsters beware! Trai to get AI help to curb fraud calls, SMSesThe telecom department recently conducted an AI-based probe in an emerging cybercrime hotspot of Mewat in Haryana, for SIM verification in ...
02 Jul, 2022, 12.14 AM IST
King cons of small towns: Inside India's cottage industry of cyber thievesWhereas previously Jamtara in Jharkhand was the hub of cyber fraudsters, new hubs have emerged, just like fresh faces being introduced in a...
02 Nov, 2021, 02.35 PM IST
ED attaches assets of Jamtara-based cyber criminalsIt said the assets, provisionally attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), include three immovable residential propert...
11 Mar, 2021, 11.55 AM IST
Account takeovers and password hackings: Facebook financial frauds rise in the midst of pandemicThe cybercrime department in Maharashtra said since April this year, hackers have been very active and they are using various ways to earn ...
01 Sep, 2020, 09.08 AM IST
ED raids 5 locations in Jharkhand in first cyber conning PMLA caseEnforcement Directorate said multiple teams of the central probe agency raided locations in Jamtara district and adjoining areas as part of...
06 Sep, 2018, 03.21 PM IST
First time: PMLA case on banking conmen who stole savings from remote Jharkhand townThese banking crimes perpetrated over phone and using stolen e-database has seen a phenomenal rise in the last few years prompting banks to...
05 Aug, 2018, 03.07 PM IST