The Supreme Court has transferred the nationwide ‘digital arrest’ scam investigation to the CBI, directing it to probe all related cases. The court sought assistance from RBI and DoT on fraud detection, SIM regulation and AI-based monitoring while urging swift cybercrime infrastructure upgrades
The Hyderabad Police have issued an advisory warning citizens against ‘digital arrest’ scams. Fraudsters posing as police or government officials extort money by threatening victims with fake cases. Officials urged the public to stay alert and report such incidents immediately.
Three students from Hyderabad and Nalgonda were arrested for supplying bank accounts used in a 'digital arrest' scam that defrauded a government employee of ₹6.5 lakh. Police say the trio is linked to 23 cyber fraud cases across India.
Three cybercriminals were arrested in Andhra Pradesh’s Anantapur for duping a retired Khammam man of Rs 59 lakh after threatening him with digital arrest. The trio, posing as Bengaluru Police, were remanded following a confession by one of the accused
Had it not been for the alert staff, the cyber fraud would have been perpetrated on a retired PSU employee and his wife, who walked into the bank with a request to transfer Rs 46 lakh by RTGS to an account of ICICI Bank in Aurangabad.
'Digital arrest' is a new method of cyber fraud, in which the fraudsters scare people by making audio or video calls by posing as law enforcement officers
The authorities in Hyderabad have warned general public, especially those who spend a lot of time browsing the internet, to look out for Digital Arrest Scam.
