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The arrested persons are Shri Krishna Babanrao Pawar ( 43) and Ramakant Jovan Dhanawate (30) both from Kopargaon in Ahmednagar in Maharashtra.

The suspects were identified as Naresh Shinde and Saurangh Shinde, both from Aurangabad in Maharashtra.

The victim received a WhatsApp call from the unidentified scammers, who claimed that she needed to update her bank account details or her transactions could be stopped.

A 52-year-old victim fell victim to fraudsters posing as stock brokers from the firm 'Lazardoovip.Top,' who lured him into online trading with promises of significant profits. He ended up transferring Rs. 1.22 crore to various bank accounts, only to later realize he had been conned.

According to the cybercrime police, the victim was lured by a WhatsApp message by the scammers who claimed to be executives of a company which specialized in enhancing the click-through rates of Instagram videos.

Hoping to make easy money, the victim deposited money in installments, but soon realised he was cheated as he could not withdraw money after a point

Dileep was taken into custody from his residence by a police team without any explanation. After his release, Dileep posted on X, saying, "Just got home! This freedom is thanks to the support and struggle of all of you."

The fraudsters duped two persons to the tune of Rs. 28 lakh from Warangal and up on their complaint, the suspects Jaseel and Preethi were arrested

The victim recently received a phone call from the fraudster impersonating as a Telecom Department official and accusing the former of being involved in illegal activities.

Reporting within 1 to 3 hours increases chances of recovering lost money

All he did was click on a link sent to his mobile and presto, Rs.1.25 lakh vanished from his credit account.

A case under Section 506 and 507 of IPC is registered against him in October 2023.

The arrested persons are Mangilal Godara, Bajanlal alias Bajan, Kamlesh Kumar alias Mahesh Kumar and Prakash Chand, all residents of Suchitra in the city and natives of Rajasthan.

In the complaint, they alleged that following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s controversial remarks, a video of a speech by Rahul Gandhi was widely shared on social media, which was found to be edited by several fact-checkers.

Whenever, a customer contacted him, he deputed the boys for events but once the function was over, he would demand extra payment than the amount agreed beforehand.

The 22-year-old suspect from Alwar in Rajasthan created fake Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp accounts on the name of IAS, IPS officers, MPs, MLAs and doctors.

The 29-year-old suspect sent requests to women randomly on Instagram and once they approved his request, he chatted with them impersonating as a popular YouTuber or artist.

Mohammed Soheib Bablu Khan, a resident of Mumbai, had provided bank accounts to cyber fraudsters who were cheating the public on the pretext of work from home job.

The investigation into the hacking of Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan's 'X' handle has been escalated, as authorities suspect the alleged hacker may have operated from Mumbai.

Cybercrime inspector K Haribhushan Rao received the prize on behalf of the Telangana police department