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

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

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: 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

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

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: 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

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