Cybercrime
- Hyderabad
Three arrested for cheating elderly man in digital arrest case in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad cybercrime unit arrested three people on Saturday, November 29, for digital arrest and extorting Rs 1.92 crore from an elderly man. The accused have been identified as Pandu Vinith…
- Hyderabad
Call centre duping Australian citizens busted in Madhapur, 9 held
Hyderabad: Nine people were arrested by the Balanagar special operations team and cybercrime unit of Cyberabad police on Saturday, November 29, for allegedly operating a fake call centre and duping Australian citizens…
- Hyderabad
City doctor loses Rs 14.61 crore in one of Telangana’s biggest cyber frauds
Hyderabad: In one of Telangana’s biggest cyber-investment frauds, a Hyderabad doctor was duped of Rs 14.61 crore after cybercriminals, posing as a woman on social media, trapped him in a fake online…
- Hyderabad
Senior citizen duped of Rs 70 lakh in digital arrest in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A senior citizen in Hyderabad was put under digital arrest by cyber fraudsters posing as Delhi police and duped him of Rs 70 lakh. The incident is one of the 10…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad cybecrime police arrests 21 accused in one week
Hyderabad: The cybercrime police cracked 10 cases and arrested 21 accused from across the country between November 19 and November 25. They also successfully processed 163 refund orders of 49 cases, amounting…
- India
UP: CBI arrests key absconding accused in transnational cybercrime case
Hyderabad: The CBI has arrested Vikas Kumar Nimar, a key absconding accused involved in the operation of a transnational cybercrime network and has busted an illegal call centre being operated by the…
- Hyderabad
OTP frauds surge across Telangana; cybercrime police asks public to beware
Hyderabad: The Telangana cybercrime, on Monday, November 24, issued a caution to citizens over the sharp rise in OTP-related frauds, with scammers increasingly using deceptive calls, SMS, WhatsApp messages, fake customer-care numbers…
- Hyderabad
Police misbehave with Telugu woman journalist who tried to file a cybercrime plaint
Hyderabad: Hyderabad cybercrime officials, on Sunday, November 23, allegedly misbehaved with a female journalist working at Zee Telugu when she went to complain. The journalist’s father had recently undergone surgery. After hacking…
- Crime
Fraudsters demand USD 250 million from drug company, arrested
Hyderabad: Cybercrime police arrested two accused in a major corporate extortion racket, targeting Hetero Group of Companies, one of India’s largest pharmaceutical organizations based in Hyderabad. According to the police, the accused…
- Hyderabad
Family member held in ‘digital arrest’ for two days: Actor Nagarjuna Akkineni
Hyderabad: Actor Nagarjuna Akkineni on Monday said one of his family members was subjected to a ‘digital arrest‘ by fraudsters for two days, six months ago. Speaking at a press conference with…
- Bangalore
Bengaluru: 21 held for cheating US citizens posing as Microsoft staff
Bengaluru: Twenty-one employees of a Bengaluru-based “fraudulent software firm” were arrested for allegedly cheating US citizens by posing as Microsoft technical support staff, police said on Saturday. The arrests were made during…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad Police Commissioner’s name misused on social media, friend cheated
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar on Saturday said cyber fraudsters have created a fake social media account using his name and sent messages to his friends seeking money, claiming he…
- Hyderabad
Cybercrime police crack 3 cases, arrest 4 with inter-state network
Hyderabad: The Cybercrime police in Cyberabad arrested 4 individuals in 3 cybercrime cases from November 6 to November 11, revealing a link to a pan-India criminal network. They also refunded approximately 21.98…
- India
In RBI’s move to curb cyber frauds, all major banks shift to .bank.in website domain
To curb the increasing number of cybercrime incidents and online banking frauds, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has decided to change the website domain names of all major banks in India,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad residents are losing Rs 1 cr everyday through cybercrimes: Sajjanar
Hyderabad: Rs 1 crore is the sum, on average, that people in the Hyderabad Commissionerate’s jurisdiction are losing daily due to cybercrimes, Police Commissioner V. C. Sajjanar said on Sunday. Cyber criminals…
