An official said, " During this friendship, the victim shared her private photographs/videos through Snapchat and WhatsApp with the fraudster. The victim asked the accused to meet in person on several occasions, but he refused by giving one or another excuse. Later, the accused sent a pri
Delhi Police has arrested a 21-year-old cyber fraudster from Kolkata and seized five mobile phones, one laptop, five cheque books, 20 debit cards, one passbook and 03 stamps of proprietorships, officials said on Thursday.
In a significant move to address the growing menace of digital financial frauds, the Department of Financial Services (DFS) has directed banks to adopt advanced technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML), to safeguard customers from fraudsters.
CBI registered the said case under Sections 403 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 66D of the Information Technology Act, 2000, based on a written complaint received from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India.
Cyber Police Station, South East District, has arrested a fraudster named Kalyan Roy, a resident of Thakurmura village, Tripura (located at the Bangladesh border). The arrest led to the recovery of Rs 2.40 lakh, said the Cybercrime unit of Delhi Police.
The premises of 17 suspects were searched in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi, Maharashtra and Punjab as part of the agency's ongoing investigations in the case, linked with an organised trafficking syndicate engaged in trafficking of Indian youth to Southeast Asian countries.
BJP National General Secretary Tarun Chugh on Tuesday criticised Congress's national president, Mallikarjun Kharge and his party for insulting Indian culture, further highlighting that BJP has given a big blow to terrorists, corrupt people, fraudsters, and extortionists.
PM Modi during Mann Ki Baat brought attention to an important digital fraud awareness message shared by senior IPS officer Sajjanar. Sajjanar had posted a video on September 19 featuring Santosh Patil from Vijayapura, Karnataka, who was approached by fraudsters posing as police officers. Thr
Lamichhane, the chairman of Rastriya Swatantra Party, now in opposition who rose to power through the last general election was arrested as he stepped out from the party office in Kathmandu. The police, before formally arresting him on the charges had handed him over the arrest warrant issue
A petition has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking direction to constitute an expert committee under the supervision of the sitting or retired judge of the apex court to examine the possibility of various ways to control the cyber frauds.