Surat: The Cyber Crime Unit under the Surat Range IG made more arrests today in a major cyber fraud network linked to a Chinese gang. Earlier, five other accused had already been arrested in connection with the same case. The accused were allegedly operating fake DLF company profiles on social media platforms and luring victims with daily tasks involving purchases of non-existent building projects. Among those arrested are Safwan Abdul Rauf Shaikh (29) and Altamas Maqbool Shaikh (31), both tea ...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government today announced that in the last 15 days, cybercrime teams from four cities, namely Ahmedabad, Surat, Rajkot, and Vadodara, along with the State Cybercrime Cell, have solved 12 major cases. The teams have arrested accomplices of a Chinese cybercrime gang as well as masterminds behind crimes like digital arrest. Minister of State for Home Harsh Sanghvi congratulated all Gujarat Police teams and the officers who guided them on this success. Crackdown by Ahmed...Read More

Gandhinagar: In a major cyber crime crackdown, the State Cyber Cell has arrested a man from Jalandhar for allegedly streaming Jio Hotstar content illegally via an unauthorized IPTV app. The case surfaced after Jio Hotstar lodged a complaint stating that some individuals were broadcasting its content through a third-party IPTV Android application. According to police, the IPTV app was available for Android phones and had been downloaded by around 50 lakh people. The investigation revealed that t...Read More

Surat: The Cyber Crime Cell of Surat Police has arrested Dashrath Dhandhaliya, a key figure in a racket involved in sending bank account kits to Dubai for cyber frauds, including digital arrest scams, online honeytraps, and sextortion. Dhandhaliya allegedly rented out bank accounts for ₹10,000 to ₹15,000 and forwarded the account details to Milan, a Dubai-based handler. About seven months ago, the Surat Cyber Cell had exposed a network operating out of Sarthana and Mota Varachha’s Swadhya...Read More

Gandhinagar: In 2024, the Gujarat Police's State Cyber Crime Cell recovered over Rs. 108 crores belonging to innocent citizens who were scammed by cyber fraudsters. Additionally, in one year, Rs. 285.12 crores were frozen, and recovery actions are still underway. Due to the high freeze and recovery rates in complaints received during the golden hours (within five hours of the fraud) after cyber fraud, the state's police chief, Vikas Sahay, has appealed to citizens to immediately contact the help...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Cyber Crime Cell of Ahmedabad Police has arrested three individuals for allegedly using customer data to issue duplicate sim cards and later sending those sim cards to Dubai, reportedly for illicit activities. The fraud came to light on March 27 this year when a superintendent customs officer at the Shahibaug post office intercepted a suspicious parcel from Vadodara that was destined for Dubai. Upon inspection, the parcel was found to contain 55 cloned sim cards, prompting cybe...Read More

Gandhinagar: The Cyber Crime Cell of Gujarat Police has arrested a member of a gang involved in cybercrimes, specifically hacking WhatsApp accounts of school and college girls. Preliminary investigations have revealed that the accused, from Madhya Pradesh, has defrauded over 100 girls across various states, including Gujarat. Following the arrest, the State Cyber Crime Cell team has launched an intensive investigation and is working to apprehend other members of the gang. The case began when ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The cybercrime cell of the city police has arrested 17 individuals from different locations across the country in connection with a digital arrest fraud case. Among those arrested, four individuals are Taiwanese nationals who were apprehended from Delhi and Bangalore, with two from each city. In one case, the gang held a senior citizen in "digital arrest" for 10 days, monitoring him through video calls and extorting ₹79.34 lakhs under the pretense of resolving an "RBI issue," acc...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Zonal Office of the Enforcement Directorate, in collaboration with the Cyber Crime Police, conducted search operations at 20 premises located in Delhi-NCR, Bengaluru, Lucknow, and Coimbatore in connection with the case of Magicwin (an online betting platform) and others under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, the central agency said on Monday. The ED investigation comes after an FIR that was registered at the Cyber Crime Police Sta...Read More

Ahmedabad: Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell received information that suspects were hiding at "The Stay Lions" hotel near Anjali Cross Road. Acting on this tip-off, they conducted a raid this week and caught Saeem Desai, Bhaylukhan Baloch, and Aftab Dasadiya. Desai collaborated with a Chinese gang to orchestrate online fraud schemes. With his Chinese boss's help, Saeem and his associates created fake social media profiles. They defrauded people by promising high returns on investments. With Bhayluk...Read More