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Digital fraud: SC asks RBI to issue SOP on mule accounts
New Delhi: Observing that mechanisms to tackle cyber crimes needed “wider adoption, faster implementation, and continued follow-up,” the Supreme Court on Tuesday, August 4, asked the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to…
- Bangalore
Cyber fraud suspect held in Mangaluru for supplying mule accounts
Mangaluru: The Dakshina Kannada District Cyber Crime Police have arrested a 32-year-old man for allegedly facilitating ‘digital arrest‘ cyber frauds by arranging bank accounts used to route illegally obtained money. The accused…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Cyberabad police arrests 15, refunds Rs 2 cr to cybercrime victims
Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Cybercrime Police detected seven cases and arrested 15 accused from all over India between June 18 and June 24. They also refunded Rs 2.01 crore to victims in this…
- Hyderabad
Fake Barclays WhatsApp group dupes Hyderabad man of Rs 1.22 cr
Hyderabad: Hyderabad Cybercrime Police on Wednesday, June 24, arrested two people for their role in a Rs 1.22 crore investment fraud, in which the accused operated bank mule accounts to help criminals…
- Hyderabad
Delivery boy held for supplying mule accounts, earned Rs 50K per account
Hyderabad: A 27-year-old delivery boy was arrested by the Cyberabad police on Thursday, May 21, for allegedly supplying bank accounts for cybercrime activities. Dilip Singh, from Jeedimetla, was paid Rs 25,000 for…
- Hyderabad
77 cases of cybercrime filed in Hyderabad in April, 56 people arrested
Hyderabad: The Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police arrested 56 people from across India in April as part of a special operation targeting organised online fraud networks, recovering nearly Rs 70 lakh and refunding it…
- Hyderabad
Centre reviews Hyderabad Police’s Operation Octopus, pushes anti-fraud AI tool
Hyderabad: The Department of Financial Services (DFS) has directed banks to adopt the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)-developed artificial intelligence tool MuleHunter.AI at the earliest to detect and block mule accounts being used…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad police push ‘zero mule account’ target for banks
Hyderabad: In a paradigm shift in strategy against organised cybercrime, Hyderabad City Police have asked banks to abandon the practice of targeting customer base expansion and instead focus on having “zero mule…
- Telangana
Four, including two bank managers, held for Rs 2.65 cr bank fraud in Nalgonda
Hyderabad: Four persons, among them two bank managers, were arrested for allegedly siphoning off Rs 2.65 crore from a branch of a state-owned bank in Nalgonda district of Telangana, police said on…
- Hyderabad
Hyderabad CP asks RBI to strengthen measures against mule accounts
Hyderabad: To further strengthen defences against financial crimes, Hyderabad Police Commissioner V C Sajjanar on Tuesday, April 21, proposed the formation of a Joint Working Group comprising representatives from the RBI, banking…
- India
CBI conducts raids in four states over online investment and part-time job fraud
Hyderabad: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Wednesday, March 11, conducted coordinated searches at 15 locations across Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Punjab in connection with a case related to large-scale…
- Hyderabad
Malkajgiri Police solve 3 investment fraud cases, arrest 5 in one week
Hyderabad: The Cybercrime Police of Malkajgiri Commissionerate detected three investment fraud cases in the first week of March and arrested five people for providing mule accounts to scammers. Cybercrime Police also refunded…
- Crime in Hyderabad
Four, including bank employees, held for operating mule accounts in Hyderabad
Hyderabad: Four individuals were arrested by the Cyberabad Cybercrime police on Thursday, February 26, for facilitating cyber fraud transactions by opening and operating mule bank accounts on fake business establishments. Two individuals,…
- Telangana
TGCSB targets mule accounts under ‘Operation Crackdown’
Hyderabad: Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) on Wednesday, February 25, launched ‘Operation Crackdown,’ to target and dismantle criminal networks and the cybercrime ecosystem in the state over the next few months. The…
