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IIT-Delhi engineer, bank manager arrested by Mumbai Police for duping Rs 1.12 crore from a 68-year-old in a digital arrest scamAn IIT Delhi graduate and a private bank operations manager are among six people arrested in connection with a Rs 1.12 crore digital arrest...
AI fuels low-value cybercrimes, use of 'salami slicing'The rise of low-value cybercrimes is alarming, as scammers increasingly focus on individuals rather than systems. Driven by AI and the digi...
Fled US for Canada, caught at Toronto airport: Indian citizen arrested in alleged $7.5 million elder fraud schemeAn Indian national was arrested in Canada after allegedly fleeing the United States. Jay Sunilbharthi Goswami faces charges related to a mu...
Unmasking digital syndicates: How public-private cooperation transforms cyber investigations in IndiaIndian law enforcement is leveraging blockchain transparency to combat financial crime effectively. Recent initiatives have focused on dism...
Digital arrests: SC tells RBI to frame SOP on mule A/CsThe Supreme Court has directed the RBI to create a standard operating procedure for mule accounts. States and Union Territories must operat...
SC issues directions to tackle digital fraud, asks RBI to circulate SOP on mule accountsThe Supreme Court has directed the Reserve Bank of India to create a standard operating procedure. This procedure will address bank account...
Supreme Court pushes Centre to define 'digital arrest' as standalone crime with tougher punishment amid rising deepfakes, frauds & fake callsSC on digital arrest: The Supreme Court suggested defining digital arrests as a standalone criminal offense. Existing laws may prove insuff...
Text message scams jump 146% in India amid rise in scam-led digital fraud: ReportText message-based scams in India have surged 146 per cent, highlighting a sharp shift in the country's digital fraud landscape towards sca...
ED sends letters rogatory abroad, seeks info on foreign operativesThe Enforcement Directorate is investigating a sophisticated transnational cyber fraud network. This syndicate used mule bank accounts and ...
Hyderabad cops want RBI to plug gaps that facilitate cybercrimeHyderabad Police's crackdown on cyber fraud, revealing systemic banking gaps and Rs 400 crore annual losses, has prompted a high-level meet...
Banks step up checks on deposit accounts to thwart mulesBanks are grappling with a surge in fraud linked to deposit accounts, surpassing loan accounts in risk. The rise of mule accounts used for ...
New "cooling-off facility" could soon mitigate mule menace as govt, RBI seek to stay a step ahead of fraudstersThe government and RBI are considering a 'cooling off facility' to temporarily block funds in bank accounts to combat online fraud through ...
RBI policy acts big on banking frauds: New AI tool MuleHunter.ai by RBI to help reduce digital fraudsReserve Bank of India: The RBI innovation hub in Bengaluru has developed a new artificial intelligence based system to reduce digital fraud...
Money mule transactions: Banks may block your account for these fund transfers; here's how to secure your accountBank account block: There are at least 5 Indian banks who are tracking money mule transactions conducted through their account holders. In ...
Money Mule Scam, a new fraud: How to spot and safeguard your money from fraudstersDigital banking frauds: Mule Accounts are being used to launder money and what's worst is that legitimate Indians are lending their bank ac...
In-depth report reveals the nature, modus operandi, emerging hotspots of digital banking frauds in IndiaThe new insights come close on the heels of an RBI recommendation that financial institutions in India "abandon text-based OTPs as a method...
Ponzi scam: Lookout circular against Chinese citizen Guanhua WangThe Bureau of Immigration has issued a Look Out Circular against Guanhua Wang, a Chinese national and one of the main accused in a pan-Indi...
Money mule scams: What is it, how to avoid itA money mule is a person who moves or transfers money that has been obtained unlawfully on behalf of another person in exchange for quick f...
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The worsening economy appears to be helping computer crooks with one of their toughest tasks: tricking people into opening their homes a nd...
Bad economy helping Web scammers recruit mulesThe worsening economy is helping computer crooks in tricking people and making mules for laundering money. Online music leaks | Bloggers hi...