Fake Gas Bill Fraud Becomes Rising Cyber Concern After 30 Ghaziabad Consumers Duped A new method of cyber fraud involving gas connections and bill updates has emerged in Ghaziabad, where around 30 consumers with piped natural gas (PNG) connections have allegedly fallen victim to cybe...
Railway TTE Shared OTPs for 'Loan Waiver', Then Found ₹52.29 Lakh Debt: A Warning for Every Borrower A railway Travelling Ticket Examiner (TTE) has allegedly been cheated of ₹52.29 lakh on the promise of getting his home loan waived, in a case that has surfaced in Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh. Police hav...
Dating App Trap in Lucknow: Railway Aspirant Allegedly Drugged, Assaulted and Extorted Bazaar Khala police in Lucknow have busted a suspected gang allegedly targeting people arriving in the city from outside, using dating apps to lure, blackmail, and extort them. Eight people have been ...
US Moves to Let Private Firms Hack Foreign Cybercriminal Networks The United States is preparing to allow selected private companies to conduct offensive cyber operations against foreign cybercriminal groups, under a new policy that would permit government-approved ...
Meerut Sub-Inspector Suspended Over Social Media Video, Cyber Cell Begins Probe A woman sub-inspector posted at the Meerut police lines has been suspended after an allegedly objectionable video shared on social media raised concerns over compliance with the Uttar Pradesh Police's...
CBI Probes ₹7 Crore Bonus Claim in South Central Railway Bribery Case The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a senior section engineer of South Central Railway in Vijayawada while he was allegedly accepting a ₹15 lakh bribe from a contractor. A private individ...
Gujarat Police Uncover Fake Pilgrimage Booking Network Affecting Nearly 22,000 People Gujarat Police have uncovered an alleged online pilgrimage booking fraud in which 21,985 people across the country were targeted through deceptive websites posing as official accommodation booking pla...
ED Summons Punjab-Cadre IAS Officer in Suntec City Land-Use Probe The Enforcement Directorate has summoned Punjab-cadre IAS officer Kanwal Preet Brar for questioning on August 18, in connection with its money-laundering investigation into alleged irregularities in t...
'Suraksha Ka Tiranga' Launched as Telangana Targets Investment Scams Driving 60% of Cybercrime Losses Stock trading and business investment frauds are behind nearly 60% of all financial losses suffered by cybercrime victims in Telangana, according to the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB). The fi...
Cyber Fraud Hub Worth ₹20 Crore Run from Lodge Room, Three Arrested with Equipment A lodge room in Vasai East, Maharashtra, was allegedly being used as the operating base for a cyber fraud network, until an observant hotel employee's suspicion brought the whole operation down. Polic...
₹1,880 Crore in Crypto Transactions Expose Major Cyber Fraud Network What started as a routine cyber fraud complaint in Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh, has unravelled into one of the largest interstate and international cybercrime investigations reported in recent memory, unc...
Public Sector Banks Closed 4,093 Branches and Opened 6,255 in Five Years India's public sector banks shut down 4,093 branches while opening 6,255 new ones between FY2021-22 and FY2025-26, according to fresh government data covering branch networks, employee numbers, and ac...
