Ahmedabad: A 38-year-old architect from Sarkhej was allegedly cheated of ₹1.3 crore in a cyber fraud after falling for a social media advertisement promising high returns through stock market investments. The city cybercrime police registered an FIR on Tuesday. According to the complaint, the victim, who runs an architectural design firm, saw an Instagram advertisement on February 5 claiming assured profits through stock trading and IPO investments. After clicking the link, he filled in perso...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Cyber Centre of Excellence (CoE) of the state police has arrested two men from Vinjol for allegedly facilitating cyber frauds worth Rs 39.41 crore across the country. The accused, identified as Amit Gangera and Riteshkumar Patel, were operating mule bank accounts on commission for cybercrime networks. Investigators said the duo targeted financially distressed individuals and persuaded them to rent out their bank accounts in exchange for quick money. These accounts were then used ...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Cell has arrested five persons, including two senior bank officials, for allegedly colluding with cyber scammers to siphon off Rs 1.54 crore from a city-based businessman through a bogus stock market investment scheme. The case, registered under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita and the Information Technology Act, is believed to be part of a larger network allegedly operated by foreign-based entities targeting senior citizens and investors acr...Read More

Surat: Surat cybercrime police arrested a wanted cyber fraudster at Delhi airport just before he could flee to Russia in connection with a Rs 1.71 crore “digital arrest” scam targeting a senior citizen in December 2024. The accused, Shankar Chaudhary (37), had been absconding for nearly a year and was wanted for supplying mule bank accounts used to divert the cheated money. He is the sixth accused arrested in the case. Police said Chaudhary recently obtained a Russian visa through an agent...Read More

Ahmedabad: A case of alleged honey-trapping and extortion has been uncovered in the city, in which a builder was reportedly targeted through the threat of releasing compromising videos to extract ₹10 crore. The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Branch has arrested a woman and a local newspaper editor in connection with the case, while a third accused, said to have masterminded the plot, is still at large. Police said the woman, identified as Sunita alias Annie Rajput, allegedly lured the builder into a r...Read More

Ahmedabad: The Gujarat CID (Crime) and the Railways’ Cyber Centre have busted a ₹200-crore cybercrime network operating between Gujarat and Dubai. Police have arrested six individuals in what they described as one of India’s most sophisticated cyber-fraud syndicates, responsible for large-scale online scams, cryptocurrency laundering, and illegal overseas fund transfers through hawala and angadia channels. According to officials, the accused were running multiple frauds simultaneously, in...Read More

Surat: The Gujarat Cyber Crime Unit has arrested 10 individuals in Surat, busting a massive cyber fraud racket linked to more than 1,532 cases and siphoned funds worth ₹892 crore, officials said on Thursday. A senior police official told the media that this could be “the biggest fraud detection in the state’s history.” According to the State Cyber Cell, investigators had been probing several cyber fraud complaints registered in Surat and other districts. While analysing these cases, of...Read More

Valsad: A major bogus call center operating out of Hotel Crystal Inn in Bhilad, Umargam taluka, was busted on Tuesday following a raid by the Surat Cyber Crime team. Acting on a tip-off, the cyber crime officials carried out the operation in coordination with Bhilad police. During the raid on the fourth floor of Hotel Crystal Inn, located along National Highway-48, the police uncovered a large-scale racket. Fourteen people, including two women, were arrested. Preliminary investigations revealed...Read More

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