Cyber Crime

Online Scam Alert: 'Watch and like' YouTube videos cost this man Rs 1 crore

The victim, who was promised a high income, was reportedly asked to watch and like YouTube videos. He was also made to transfer huge amounts in as many as 25 bank accounts between January and March this year

Maharashtra: Fraudsters dupe man trying to get refund of Rs 4.8 lakh for cancelled air tickets

The Chitalsar police have registered a case under the IT Act on the basis of the man’s complaint. A probe is on, said an official, adding that no arrest has been made yet.

US, South Korea and Japan claim stolen cryptocurrency funds used to finance North Korea's nuclear program

Experts in US claim that cryptocurrency funds stolen by North Korean hackers have helped the country to finance the sanctions-stricken country's weapons programmes

Cyber Fraud: Bank manager in Guwahati cloned customers' ATM cards, arrested for stealing

Aditya Deori, in charge at the Geeta Nagar police station said the victim had an account at HDFC Bank’s Zoo Road Tiniali branch where Choudhary was employed previously. She withdrew around Rs 1.75 lakh

Delhi: Cyber crime rates increased over 100% during 2020-21

According to the National Crime Records Bureau data for the year 2021, most of these cases involved online fraud, online harassment, publication of explicit content

Nigerian national, wife arrested in Delhi for duping Odisha man after befriending him on social media

Emmanuel Namani (35) and Suchim Tikhir (32) were apprehended by the cyber wing of Balasore Police on Saturday. The duo is part of a gang, another member of which - Samson Emeke Alika (39) from Nigeria - was held from the national capital on 6 August

Mumbai: Cyber police arrests 14 people involved in online instant loan racket

Joint Commissioner (crime) Suhas Warke said that while applying for instant loans on mobile apps, all the personal data of the applicants would go to the company of the accused persons, which they then used for harassing people who failed to repay loans

Viacom18 pursues criminal action against cartels of pirates

Maharashtra Cyber Crime Cell arrested Subhanjan Kayet for his involvement in the pirated websites/platform named Thop TV

'Bulli Bai' case: Delhi Police arrest 21-year-old from Assam, identified as 'main conspirator'

Neeraj Bishnoi is the main conspirator and creator of the "Bulli Bai" app on the platform GitHub and also the main Twitter account holder of "Bulli Bai"

Govt seeks cyber crime volunteers to report on 'anti-national' posts; project launched in Jammu and Kashmir

The project known as Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) will also have cyber awareness promoters to help create awareness about cyber crime among citizens and cyber experts who will provide technical help in investigations