A 40-year-old Hyderabad man allegedly lost nearly Rs 3.73 crore after fraudsters lured him into a fake investment scheme through a WhatsApp advertisement. He made 1,106 transactions over nine months before the fraudulent website went offline
Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi warned people against deepfake videos using her face and voice to promote fraudulent investment schemes. Her office urged users not to click on or engage with such posts, block and report them, amid rising AI-enabled financial scams
A 70-year-old chartered accountant from Gwalior lost over Rs 21 crore in a six-month cyber investment scam after fraudsters lured him through WhatsApp with fake high-return promises. Police have frozen Rs 1.75 crore and are tracing the transferred funds
A software engineer from Hyderabad's Gowlidoddi allegedly lost more than Rs 37 lakh after fraudsters posing as SEBI-authorised stock market analysts promised guaranteed returns. Cyberabad Cybercrime Police have registered a case and launched an investigation into the suspected investment fraud.
Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police have arrested six persons for allegedly facilitating a trading fraud that cheated a city resident of Rs 1.22 crore. The accused reportedly provided bank accounts to cyber fraudsters and earned commissions for enabling illegal financial transactions.
Three individuals, including a couple, were arrested in Hyderabad for orchestrating a fraudulent investment scheme under the banner of Veerabhadra Trading. The accused lured nearly 290 investors with promises of high monthly returns, collecting around Rs 30 crore.
A software professional from Golconda was allegedly cheated of Rs 1.55 crore by cyber fraudsters who lured him with fake stock market investment offers through WhatsApp. Hyderabad Cybercrime Police registered a case and launched an investigation.
A Hyderabad native working in the United States was allegedly cheated of Rs 10.3 crore by a couple who promised high returns through a fake casino venture. Police registered a case and are probing the role of two more suspects.
Nalgonda police have arrested four agents linked to a Rs 57 crore Ponzi-style scam led by Ramavath Balaji Naik. Over 2,500 tribal wage earners were defrauded through false promises of high returns.
Hyderabad Police registers case after the video falsely shows Owaisi promoting the scam which promises daily returns of Rs 53,000; video also features AI-generated clips of Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, industrialist Mukesh Ambani, Infosys founder Narayana Murthy
The Cyberabad police arrested Manish Gyan Chand who had provided his bank account to cyber fraudsters who used it to dupe a man of Rs. 2.92 crore on the pretext of providing huge profits on investment in various businesses.
