Digital arrest
- Hyderabad
Teacher loses Rs 7 lakh in digital arrest in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A teacher lost Rs 7 lakh after being placed under digital arrest in Hyderabad. The cyber fraudsters posed as officials from CBI and Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The incident…
- Hyderabad
2 held after retired doctor dies of heart attack during digital arrest scam
Hyderabad: Two persons were arrested for placing a woman under digital arrest in Hyderabad and demanding Rs 6.6 lakh from him. The accused were identified as Shankar Supur, 38, and Vishwas Dattatraya…
- Hyderabad
65-year-old Hyderabad employee loses over Rs 1 crore in digital arrest
Hyderabad: A 65-year-old private employee from Hyderabad’s Bollaram area was cheated of Rs 1.38 crore in a digital arrest scam. According to police, the victim received a call on September 11 from…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad retired doctor dies after 70 hour digital arrest, Rs 6.6L fraud
Hyderabad: A 76-year-old retired Hyderabad doctor fell victim to an organised cyber fraud, resulting in her death on September 8 by cardiac arrest, before which she was held in a 70-hour digital…
- Telangana
Telangana residents duped of Rs 40 lakh in digital arrest scams
Hyderabad: Telangana residents lost Rs 40 lakh in two recent digital arrest scams, though in one case, the victim’s friends intervened in time and got the transaction put on hold. On Wednesday,…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: 82-year-old loses Rs 72 lakh in ‘digital arrest’ scam
Hyderabad: In another appalling case of cybercrime, an 82-year-old Banjara Hills resident was cheated out of Rs 72 lakh by scammers who claimed to be officials from the Mumbai Crime Branch. The…
- Hyderabad
Man duped of Rs 33.4L in ‘digital arrest’ in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: A 73-year-old man was duped of Rs 33.4 lakh in a digital arrest scam in Hyderabad. The victim is a resident of Bowenpally. According the Hyderabad cybercrime unit, the victim filed…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad sees 75 pc drop in ‘digital arrest’ frauds in 2025
Hyderabad: As an increasing awareness amongst the population has resulted in a drastic 75 percent reduction in ‘digital arrest’ frauds in Hyderabad in 2025, police stated on Thursday, July 17. In a…
- News
Key accused nabbed in Hyderabad’s high-profile digital arrest scam
Hyderabad: The Cyber Crime Police in Hyderabad have arrested a key suspect in a high-profile digital arrest scam that targeted innocent victims through fake law enforcement threats. The accused, Aludasu Sudhaker, 43,…
- India
Hyderabad men held as money mules in Rs 4.75 crore cyber fraud
Hyderabad: Two people from Hyderabad have been arrested on suspicion of acting as money mules for a cross-border cybercrime syndicate with links to Sri Lanka and Cambodia. The crime surfaced when cybercrime…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Elderly woman under digital arrest loses Rs 38 lakh
Hyderabad: An elderly woman from Hyderabad’s Himayathnagar recently lost 38.7 lakh after being placed under digital arrest. Cyber fraudsters claiming to be officials from the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and…
- News
Scammer posing as CBI officer gets tricked, scammed by Kanpur man
In an unexpected turn of events, a scammer posing as a CBI officer faced a ‘digital arrest’ after being scammed by a caller in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh. The Kanpur man, Bhupendra Singh,…
- Crime
Cyberabad police arrest mule account suppliers in Rs 1.38 cr digital arrest scam
Hyderabad: The Cyberabad police arrested three men for their involvement in a ‘digital arrest’ scam, where an 82-year-old retired engineer was duped of Rs 1.38 crore. The police, on February 21, arrested…
- Hyderabad
Cyberabad police bust ‘digital arrest’ rackets in Tamil Nadu, Kerala
Hyderabad: In two separate cases, the Cyberabad cyber crimes police busted two ‘digital arrest’ scam rackets, operating from Tamil Nadu and Kerala, for scamming two individuals off of Rs 1.38 crore and…
- Hyderabad
Two arrested for Rs 3 crore digital arrest scam in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Cyber Crime Police of Hyderabad arrested two natives of Gujarat for duping a Hyderabad-based doctor of Rs 3 crore in a digital arrest scam. The accused have been identified as Harpal Singh,…
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