Jharkhand Police say cyber crime module, run by school dropouts using AI tools & YouTube tutorials, defrauded nearly 3,000 mobile users of Rs 12 crore and is linked to over 500 cases.
Scams are well oiled with swindlers manipulating & looting victims for months. Probe mostly hit dead end as those arrested are brokers & mule account holders, say cops.
Lured by shady recruiters, many young graduates from Vizag are trafficked as foot soldiers in global cyber-crime rings. Their ‘job’: scamming Indians from compounds in Southeast Asia.
Netflix series 'Jamtara' is said to have been based on real-life incidents of phishing phone calls and bank accounts scamming launched by criminals from this district.
Social influencer & NTK member ‘Sattai’ Durai Murugan was arrested for making ‘derogatory remarks’ against Karunanidhi while campaigning for NTK candidate for Vikravandi bypoll.
Action followed alert by National Cybercrime Threat Analytics Unit. MHA said in a statement that it was 'committed to curbing cybercrime & protecting people from cyber threat actors'.
The activist claims ‘scamsters’ allegedly posed as Mumbai Police & CBI officers to intimidate her into paying money. Police say this isn’t an isolated case.
Four arrested produced in Patiala House Court in Delhi and sent to 5-day police custody. Evidence of 'fraud worth over $ 20 million' has been collected so far, say Delhi police.
Three including alleged mastermind held for cheating people of Rs 17 lakh. Accused also allegedly created WhatsApp groups to advertise their ‘services’.
The 'ghuspaithiya' narrative is being whipped up precisely when illegal immigration has actually diminished. Like most BJP-RSS ideas, it’s just an unimaginative Right-wing trope.
With non-leather products driving global footwear demand between 2020 and 2024, India’s global market share stood at 1.85% in 2024, says a NITI Aayog report.
ISKP, a sub-continental branch of the Islamic State, is said to have vowed to extend operations in Kashmir, on encouragement from Pakistan’s security establishment.
Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.
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