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Saturday, January 3, 2026
TopicCyber fraud

Topic: cyber fraud

WhatsApp group, DBS ‘honcho’ & stock tips—how retired cop who tried to end life was duped of Rs 8 cr

Before shooting himself Monday evening, former IG Amar Singh Chahal wrote a note giving details of how he was swindled in online scam. He had retired from service three years ago.

‘PVR’ of fighting cyber crime: Haryana DGP bats for Pause, Verify, Report model to check online fraud

Three-step 'simple, musical' strategy linked with Bollywood songs is designed to prompt people to take two crucial seconds to think when a suspicious message or call hits phone.

IAF brings back 270 Indians who fled to Thailand to escape Myanmar cyber scam hub

They were lured into Myanmar by promises of lucrative jobs. But once there, they found themselves forced into criminal activities by operators of the alleged scam center.

China shut down cyber scam centres on its borders. For India, the pressure will only grow

From 2023 to 2024, there was an estimated increase of 200 per cent in financial fraud, with reported losses of over Rs 22,000 crore. But the concern for India is deeper.

Sim card swap, OTPs & transaction limits: ICICI to pay duped Ahmedabad firm Rs 1 cr, Vodafone fined

New Delhi: The ICICI bank has been asked to pay over Rs 1 crore as compensation to an Ahmedabad-based company which became the victim...

ED raids Delhi call centres for duping US citizens. Rs 100 cr foreign remittances under probe

The central probe agency will conduct search & seizure operations at 3 locations in the Khanpur area of New Delhi in connection with an alleged international cyber fraud case.

Lok Sabha session: Jyotiraditya Scindia highlights India’s tech-based actions to counter cyber fraud

BJP MP presents the progress made under Sanchar Sathi initiative, a citizen-centric digital safety platform, highlighting 15.5 crore hits recorded since the launch in May 2023.

From Delhi, UP to Tokyo: Indian students learning Japanese among cyber fraudsters targeting Japan’s elderly

CBI conducted raids in Noida and Varanasi, arresting 6 individuals in their 20s. Japanese authorities have been informed.

What HC said on need for vigilance at point of entry while giving bail to a Malaysian national

Punjab & Haryana High Court granted bail to Muhammad Jamil, accused in a Rs 2.8 crore cyber fraud case in Haryana. Justice Anoop Chitkara also stressed on the need for a speedy trial.

On Camera

Indian bureaucracy should be given incentives and rewards: MH Mody

Is there a place for a counter-bureaucracy, or a separate and competing bureaucracy to counterbalance the force of the executive’s bureaucracy, asked author MH Mody in 1980.

India’s urban co-op banks are turning the page—crisis to cautious revival, one metric at a time

With bad loans shrinking & capital buffers stronger, urban co-op banks’ new umbrella body NUCFDC is now prioritising rollout of digital transformation.

Greece looking at TATA’s WhAP infantry combat vehicle for army procurement

If deal goes through, Greece will be 2nd foreign country to procure vehicle. Morocco was first; TATA Group has set up manufacturing unit there with minimum 30 percent indigenous content.

A year-end Mea Culpa in National Interest—The Army-Islam combo doesn’t kill democracy

Many of you might think I got something so wrong in National Interest pieces written this year. I might disagree! But some deserve a Mea Culpa. I’d deal with the most recent this week.