Cybercrime
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Cybercrime victims can now file complaints from home
Hyderabad: With Hyderabad seeing a sharp rise in cybercrimes, the police on Friday, January 9, launched a new initiative allowing cybercrime victims to register complaints without having to visit a police station.…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad police recovers Rs 72.36 lakh stolen via cybercrime
Hyderabad: The Cybercrime unit of the Hyderabad police registered 144 cases in December 2025 and recovered Rs 72,36,067. The zonal cyber cells registered 80 FIRs and arrested 15 people involved in 13…
- Hyderabad
YouTuber arrested for child sexual abuse content in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A 39-year-old YouTuber from Andhra Pradesh was arrested for allegedly creating, uploading, and circulating child sexual abuse content through social media platforms, the police said on Wednesday. The accused has been…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man loses nearly Rs 50 lakh in trading fraud
Hyderabad: A 33-year-old man was arrested by the cybercrime team of Hyderabad police on Tuesday, January 6, for defrauding people to the tune of Rs 49.90 lakh in the name of online…
- Hyderabad
Cybercrime course helped man steal cash from ATMs in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Knowledge can be misused and become a double-edged sword. A cybercrime course armed a man to steal cash from ATMs across Hyderabad. Vadde Katamaiah was caught red-handed by the Miyapur police,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad man loses over Rs 2 lakh in cruise booking scam
Hyderabad: A man from Kachiguda lost Rs 2.42 lakh after fraudsters posing as customer care executives of a cruise line allegedly duped him on the pretext of arranging Lakshadweep permit letters, police…
- India
Myanmar: 3 Indian nationals trapped in cyber scam centres repatriated
Yangon: Three Indian nationals were repatriated from Myanmar’s Myawaddy cyber scam centres through Yangon, the Embassy of India in Yangon informed on Friday, following cooperation with Myanmar authorities and organisations. “With cooperation…
- Hyderabad
2 held in Gujarat for duping Hyderabad woman of Rs 1.95 crore
Hyderabad: The Cybercrime police in Hyderabad apprehended two fraudsters in Gujarat on Monday, December 29, for siphoning off Rs 1.95 crore from a victim through a digital arrest scam. The accused persons,…
- Hyderabad
GHMC records overall decline in crime in 2025: Annual Report
Hyderabad: A comparative analysis of crime data for 2024 and 2025 across the three major police commissionerates of the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) shows that Cyberabad saw the highest crime rate,…
- India
Mumbai woman loses Rs 3.71 crore in digital arrest scam
Mumbai: A man was held from Gujarat for allegedly receiving a major portion of Rs 3.71 crore siphoned off from a 68-year-old Mumbai woman in a “digital arrest” scam, a police official…
- Crime
Cybercrime cases decrease in Hyderabad in 2025
Hyderabad: Cybercrimes in Hyderabad have decreased by 8 per cent this year, with fewer cases registered than in 2024, according to the Hyderabad Commissionerate’s annual crime report released by Police Commissioner VC…
- Bangalore
Customs issues high alert as fraudsters pose as officials at Bengaluru airport
Bengaluru: The Customs department at the Kempegowda International Airport on Friday issued a high alert for the public after detecting a fraud racket in which impostors posing as Customs officials are cheating…
- Andhra Pradesh
Andhra police busts international cybercrime network involved in telecom fraud
Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh CID, with the help of the Department of Telecommunication, arrested 14 members of an international cybercrime network involved in ‘SIM Box operations’ and telecom fraud, said a police official…
- Hyderabad
Cybercrime tops list of offences in Hyderabad’s IT hub
Hyderabad: Although cybercrime has seen a sharp decline from last year, it has still emerged as a top contributor among all cognizable offences recorded within the limits of the Cyberabad police commissionerate…
- Hyderabad
Cybercrime dips 19 pc in Rachakonda; Rs 40 crore refunded
Hyderabad: As many as 3,734 cybercrime cases were reported in the Rachakonda commissionerate this year, compared to 4,618 in 2024, indicating a 19 per cent dip, the Telangana police said in its…
