Delhi Police bust syndicate involved digital-arrest fraud; trio held
The Delhi Police Claimed to have unearthed a syndicate involved in the digital arrest and investment scam in collaboration with criminals based abroad, it said on Tuesday.
The Delhi Police Claimed to have unearthed a syndicate involved in the digital arrest and investment scam in collaboration with criminals based abroad, it said on Tuesday.
The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Delhi Zonal Office, has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs 82.29 crore under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA).
The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) police apprehended 203 offenders, including travel agents and facilitators of illegal immigration, this year in a bid to crack down on visa and passport fraudsters, it said in a statement on Monday.
The businesspersons have alleged that if any fraudster buys garments from their shops and makes payment into their bank account online or through UPI by the money duped through the fraud, the police and investigating agencies freeze the entire account of the shopkeeper.
As per the data released by IGIA police, total 19 foreign nationals caught included 12 from Bangladesh, three each from Myanmar, Nepal and one from Afghanistan.
With cybercriminals on the prowl, the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Odisha Police has issued an advisory to protect citizens from falling prey to online investment fraud cases.
BioCatch, fraud detection solutions provider, in its report said every device found to participate in mule activity in India logged into an average of 35 accounts each.
The postal department has suspended a postmaster of a sub-post office in Jamuria allegedly for financial fraud and has directed a departmental enquiry.
The postal department has suspended a postmaster of a sub-post office in Jamuria allegedly for financial fraud and has directed a departmental enquiry.
The 32-year-old, Surbhi Gupta, who goes by the aliases Payal and Sakshi, hails from Chandni Chowk in Delhi and holds an MBA from a London institution.
