#cyber-fraud
A 'CBI officer' on WhatsApp, a 69-year-old in Mulund, and ₹15 lakh gone
Mumbai's East Cyber police have registered a case after a 69-year-old Mulund resident was put under 'digital arrest' and cheated of ₹15 lakh. The caller posed as a CBI officer from Bengaluru and threatened him and his son with arrest over terror and money-laundering links.
₹8.72 crore a day: Maharashtra's cyber fraud bill, and the 27 paise in the rupee it got back
Maharashtra recorded cyber fraud complaints worth ₹2,119.69 crore between January and August, Maharashtra Cyber figures show, and could save only ₹587.40 crore, or 27.71 per cent. Investigators blame mule accounts, money that moves in minutes and banks that take 12 to 24 hours to share transaction details.
192 e-SIMs and 'Made in China' boxes: Lucknow police chase a cross-country call-fraud network
Investigators examining six seized 32-port SIM box devices in Lucknow found 192 active e-SIMs running on them, far more than first believed. The devices carry 'Made in China' markings and police suspect they entered India through unofficial channels. They are probing whether the network was used for digital arrest scams and fake investment schemes.
'Digital arrest' fraud: if the bank's checks failed, the victim gets the money back, Supreme Court tells RBI
The Supreme Court has said RBI's proposed KYC rules must require banks to compensate digital arrest victims by at least the amount lost where the fraud went through because the bank failed due diligence. It also wants banks to hold unusual transactions, alert the nearest police station and verify physically before releasing money.
Banks must compensate you if their lapse let a digital arrest scam through, Supreme Court says
Hearing a suo motu case on digital arrest frauds, the Supreme Court said the RBI's new rules must require financial institutions to compensate victims by at least the amount lost where due diligence failed. The court has asked the RBI for a list of all authorised institutions.
₹28,000 crore in transactions, 400 mule accounts: ED arrests an advocate at Mumbai airport
The Enforcement Directorate has arrested advocate Rashesh Upadhyay at Mumbai airport in a probe that began with one Goa woman losing ₹2.60 crore. Investigators say the network behind it handled transactions of nearly ₹28,000 crore through about 400 mule accounts.
WhatsApp, Telegram won't work without a SIM from January 1, government issues guidelines
From January 1, messaging apps such as WhatsApp and Telegram will not work without a physical SIM card, under new government guidelines. The government says the move is aimed at curbing cross-border cyber fraud, phishing and digital arrest scams.