Cybercrime Trends

The operation was carried out under the guidance of Shri Archit Chandak, IPS, Superintendent of Police, Akola, and Shri Chandrakant Reddy, IPS, Additional Superintendent of Police, Akola.

A Sim bank / sim box is a device which holds hundreds of SIM Cards and routes international VoIP calls received through high speed broadband connectivity as local mobile calls

The arrested individuals allegedly used channels named GTMOFX ID, Forex Team, Gold Trader and Vicky Trade to lure victims with promises of high returns through trading and gaming applications.

Goyal is linked to three allegedly fictitious firms—Rajaram Traders, Shree Shyam Traders, and Radha Traders—that recorded roughly ₹53 crore in transactions between early 2025 and April 2026. These were used both to claim fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC) & Cybercrime.

In a major step to strengthen its fight against cybercrime, the state government has upgraded its existing cyber infrastructure. The State Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (S4C) is required in India to act as a localized, data-driven defense mechanism against the country's surging, localized, and sophisticated cyber-crimes

A high-level video conference was held by the Deputy Chief Minister of the State, Shri Harsh Sanghavi, to provide necessary guidance and instructions on ensuring a more effective response against cyber financial fraud, strengthening the 1930 helpline further, implementing strict controls on mule accounts, and real-time coordination between banks and Gujarat Police.

Telegram and Telegram X groups and channels were used to share Adult and child pornography videos, photographs and their links through various channels at rates of ₹99 and ₹150 each.

After demolition of the infamous K K Park, Myanmar has seen development of new scam compounds bordering Thailand. Government shares location of scam compound.

CySecK is the Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security, Karnataka — is the state's nodal agency for building cybersecurity capability across government, academia, and industry.

Suspect was sharing the objectionable material on Google Drive. This information was intimated to Law Enforcement Agency via NCMEC and National Cybercrime Reporting Portal of I4C, Ministry of Home Affairs.

Under the Cy-Vazra campaign, Cyber Crime Police Station, Varanasi (led by DCP Crime Ms. Neetu Kadyan, ADCP Crime Shri Nripendra and ACP Shri Vidush Saxena) arrested 19 members (including kingpin Deepak Kumar Shah) of an inter-state fake MLM/pyramid job racket operating as “Mahadev Enterprises” (franchise of Royal Health Wellness Pvt. Ltd.), rescued ~300 trainee youths, recovered 20 smartphones, 1 laptop, 2 luxury cars.

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