Hyderabad cyber crime police arrest 61 in multi-state fraud crackdown

In a sweeping operation, Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police arrested 61 individuals from 14 states in August for their alleged roles in various online frauds. These included trading, investment, and insurance scams, as well as digital arrest and unauthorised transaction cases.

Hyderabad: The Hyderabad cyber crime police, during the month of August, arrested 61 persons from 14 different states for their alleged involvement in cyber crime cases.

Among them, 13 individuals were involved in trading fraud, 12 in investment fraud, 11 in insurance fraud and remaining in various frauds such as social media tip line scams, unauthorised transactions, digital arrest scams, etc.

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The highest number 20 suspects were arrested from Tamil Nadu, followed by 18 from Gujarat, 16 from Karnataka, 13 from Delhi and remaining from other states.

A total refund of Rs. 1.01 crore was facilitated through courts to the victims of various cyber crime cases registered earlier this year at the cyber crime police station.