Navsari | In a major breakthrough, Navsari Cyber Crime police arrested a gang of four from Vapi for duping a youth of Gandevi taluka by sending a fake APK file of an RTO challan through WhatsApp. The accused allegedly hacked the victim’s phone and siphoned off money from his bank account. According to police sources, the victim had lodged a complaint stating that unknown persons tricked him into downloading and installing an application disguised as an e-RTO challan. Once installed, the mal...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Cyber Crime Branch of the city police on Thursday cracked a major cross-border scam, arresting two men accused of supplying thousands of SIM cards to a Chinese cyber gang allegedly responsible for multiple “digital arrest” frauds. The accused, already jailed in Madhya Pradesh, allegedly used fake companies to procure SIM cards, which were exploited in scams. In one case, an Ahmedabad resident lost ₹86.22 lakh after fraudsters impersonated police officers, sent fake Supreme ...Read More

Ahmedabad: In yet another alarming sign of how cybercrime networks keep refining their methods, several city residents have recently fallen prey to online scams. In one incident, a woman from Navrangpura lost ₹1.43 lakh after receiving a message that appeared to come from the RTO, containing an APK file labeled ‘RTO Challan’. After downloading the file, her phone was flooded with OTPs and banking alerts revealing unauthorised transactions. Navrangpura police have registered a case and l...Read More

Surat: Udhna police have arrested eight officials of RBL Bank, including the area head, for their alleged role in facilitating cyber fraud transactions amounting to ₹1,550 crore. The arrests come as part of an ongoing probe into a large-scale racket where fraudsters used dozens of mule accounts to channel swindled money from across the country. The bankers are accused of helping open 62 fake current accounts for cybercriminals. Police began investigating the case in May after apprehending t...Read More

Surat: Operators of around 8 petrol pumps in Surat have complained that their bank accounts are seized by police for cyber crime without their any involvement in any crime. Thousands of people visit any petrol pump in Surat everyday. Many of the customers make payment digitally for fuel. Pump operators have through the Chamber of Commerce approached the Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghavi in written representation that their accounts are seized by police because their some customers alle...Read More

Ahmedabad: In a surprising case, an IT professional working in a firm that provides IT and cyber security services fell victim to a cyber fraud via a dating app and was duped of Rs 31 lakh. The victim, working in Gandhinagar, who was seeking companionship and extra income, connected with a woman identifying herself as an investor named Sherin from Bengaluru in April 2024. As per the FIR filed with Gandhinagar Range Cybercrime Police, Sherin encouraged the man to earn through online trading and ...Read More