Articles tagged under: Cyber Crime Cell

ED, Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police conduct searches at 20 locations in Magicwin case; seize cash, cryptocurrency, other items

August 20, 2024
ED, Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police conduct searches at 20 locations in Magicwin case; seize cash, cryptocurrency, other items

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

Online cheaters working as Chinese gang’s agent held in Ahmedabad

June 23, 2024
Online cheaters working as Chinese gang’s agent held in Ahmedabad

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

Two in Ahmedabad nabbed for circulating doctored video of Amit Shah

April 30, 2024
Two in Ahmedabad nabbed for circulating doctored video of Amit Shah

Ahmedabad: The Cyber Crime Branch of Ahmedabad Police has detained two individuals for posting a doctored video clip of Home Minister Amit Shah on the social media platform Facebook. Cyber Crime DCP Dr. Lavina Sinha, while providing details of the case, stated that two people have been detained for posting a doctored video of HM Shah on the social media platform Facebook. The arrested individuals are Satish Vansola from Palanpur and Rahul Bhai Bariya from Limakheda, Dahod. Both of them are af...Read More

Gujarat Congress Spokesperson held for defacing BJP wall graffiti

February 03, 2024
Gujarat Congress Spokesperson held for defacing BJP wall graffiti

Ahmedabad: The cybercrime police apprehended Gujarat Congress spokesperson Dr. Amit Nayak on Friday. Nayak has been booked for vandalising the wall graffiti of the BJP symbol and spreading the video of his actions. BJP campaign and communication convener Shahpur Abhay Shah mentioned in the FIR that he came across Nayak's video on X (formerly Twitter) on January 29, in which Nayak could be seen painting over the BJP wall graffiti of 'Fir Ek Baar Modi Sarkar.' Shah mentioned in the FIR that ...Read More

Ahmedabad cop held for leaking call records to hacker in cyber-extortion Scheme

September 27, 2023
Ahmedabad cop held for leaking call records to hacker in cyber-extortion Scheme

Ahmedabad: The cybercrime police have apprehended a police officer, namely Vinay Kathiria, posted at the office of Zone-5 Deputy Commissioner of Police. The officer allegedly provided call detail records (CDRs) to an unethical hacker named Amit Singh, whom Vinay had met at a cybersecurity seminar. Singh had already been arrested on September 7th following a complaint from a Pune-based businessman. The hacker, a 29-year-old resident of Hebatpur named Amit Singh, operates a company called "Amig...Read More

Two RTO staffers and agent booked for illegally issuing driving licenses in Ahmedabad

July 29, 2023
Two RTO staffers and agent booked for illegally issuing driving licenses in Ahmedabad

Ahmedabad: The cybercrime police arrested two road transport office (RTO) inspectors and an agent on Thursday. The accused were allegedly involved in illegally issuing driving licenses to individuals without conducting the mandatory driving test. The Ahmedabad RTO reported apparent illegal activities to the cybercrime officers, leading to a complaint being filed on July 25. The subsequent police inquiry revealed the participation of two RTO inspectors, namely Samir Ratandharia (36) from Venus...Read More

Cybercrime police bust GRE exam scam in Surat, nabs two accused

June 28, 2023
Cybercrime police bust GRE exam scam in Surat, nabs two accused

Surat: Cyber crime police busted a scam of passing the GRE exam for studies in the USA in exchange for Rs 70 thousand per candidate in Surat. Maulik Makwana, a student at Gujarat College in Ahmedabad and residing in Bapunagar, aspired to pursue further studies in the USA. To achieve this goal, passing the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) exam was a mandatory requirement. During a Google search, he came across a website called Voice Immigration India and contacted Sagar Hirani, the person res...Read More

Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell arrests impersonator posing as IAS Officer

June 06, 2023
Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell arrests impersonator posing as IAS Officer

Ahmedabad: The cyber crime cell of Police on Tuesday apprehended a man named Sudhakar Pandey, who was impersonating a senior IAS officer and using his false identity to endorse his relatives for employment opportunities. According to a police official, Pandey had falsely registered himself as a "senior IAS officer" on a caller identification app to lend credibility to his fabricated persona. The Ahmedabad cybercrime cell apprehended him in Vadodara and charged him under sections 419 (cheating b...Read More

Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police nab SIM boxes operators from Bhiwandi

June 02, 2023
Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police nab SIM boxes operators from Bhiwandi

Bhiwandi: Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police on Thursday nabbed two individuals and seized four SIM boxes from Bhiwandi, Maharashtra's Thane district.Jitendra Yadav, Assistant Commissioner of Police at Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch, stated that two suspects, namely Mashid Khan (43) and Mohammad Shahid Alam (42) from Bhiwandi, were nabbed and are expected to be brought to Ahmedabad on Friday. The police are continuing the investigation in Bhiwandi, he added. This development is part of an ongoing inves...Read More

Police nab agent of a Pakistani female running international online fraud

April 18, 2023
Police nab agent of a Pakistani female running international online fraud

Amdavad: The Ahmedabad cyber crime cell team nabbed a man named Ravindra, also known as Ravi Patel, who was allegedly working as an agent for a Pakistani woman named Haika. Haika was accused of running an international online fraud scam from Dubai. On March 28th, Pratik Patel filed a complaint with the cyber cell stating that he received text messages and advertisements from various phone numbers and social media platforms. The accused had promised huge profits for investment and had paid the...Read More