Surat: Operators of around 8 petrol pumps in Surat have complained that their bank accounts are seized by police for cyber crime without their any involvement in any crime. Thousands of people visit any petrol pump in Surat everyday. Many of the customers make payment digitally for fuel. Pump operators have through the Chamber of Commerce approached the Minister of State for Home, Harsh Sanghavi in written representation that their accounts are seized by police because their some customers alle...Read More

Ahmedabad: In a surprising case, an IT professional working in a firm that provides IT and cyber security services fell victim to a cyber fraud via a dating app and was duped of Rs 31 lakh. The victim, working in Gandhinagar, who was seeking companionship and extra income, connected with a woman identifying herself as an investor named Sherin from Bengaluru in April 2024. As per the FIR filed with Gandhinagar Range Cybercrime Police, Sherin encouraged the man to earn through online trading and ...Read More

Gandhinagar: As per the instructions of the Minister of State for Home Shri Harsh Sanghvi, the State Police have unfreezed 2,14,622 bank accounts of cyber fraud victims. This decision will provide relief to people who have fallen victim to digital payment scams or unknowingly fell into such a trap. The Gujarat Police has also made a significant amendment to their policy on freezing bank accounts. As per the new policy, instead of the total amount of the bank account, now only the amount o...Read More

Ahmedabad:  The Ahmedabad Cyber Crime Police busted a fraud network linked to Chinese accomplices on July 10. The network, operating from Krishav Enterprise at Maruti Plaza, Krishna Nagar, involved multiple accused who collaborated with Chinese accomplices to defraud people by exploiting their bank account information. The operation involved convincing people to open bank accounts, obtaining the account details, and converting the deposited money into cryptocurrency for transfer to China. Th...Read More

Surat: A migrant Muslim man Zahir Murtaza Hussain Aezaz Hussai Saiyed(26) from Raopura, Vadodara was held by Cyber Crime Police for digital arrest scam. The victims in this scam were threatened for police actions over parcels return from Thailand and stuck in customs for presence of narcotics. The cheaters would call people and cough up lakhs of Rupees in such scams. The victim in this case was 55 years old Sudhip Mishra who works as Sales manager in Udhna based company. He received a call in wh...Read More

Sabarmati: Ahmedabad city cyber crime branch police nabbed two accused from Delhi for fraud with the tourists by accepting payments for room booking by making a fake website of the guest houses of Shri Somnath Trust. The accused Vinay Kumar Jay Prakash Prajapati and Amar Kumar Jay Prakash Prajapati (both live in Mangolpuri, Delhi) had allegedly created fake websites of the guest houses of Somnath Trust. Ahmedabad cyber crime police received the complaint that the accused received payments of ...Read More

Surat: A 45-yr-old woman employed as a technical staff at SVNIT in Surat has been duped of Rs 49,350 by fraudsters by creating a Facebook page of Ratan Tata Foundation and posing as the Personal Assistants of Ratan Tata and asking for the funds as fees for membership in order to meet India’s most respected industrialist in person. Jhankhanaben Ramanbhai Desai received a message on April 6, 2022, on her Facebook account from the Facebook page of Tata Foundation offering her an opportunity to...Read More