Sri Lanka’s Brief Window to Stop Displaced Cyber-Scam Networks
As Cambodia’s scam compounds come under siege, the criminal networks behind them are testing a new island base July 2026 Organized crime rarely disappears under pressure — it relocates. That basic rule is now reshaping the geography of Asia’s online fraud industry. As Cambodia, squeezed by both Beijing and Washington, starts dismantling the fortified compounds […]
Delhi University Teams Up With I4C to Fight Campus Cybercrime
A new push to protect students from digital fraud and online bullying New Delhi — July 2026 Delhi University has formally joined forces with the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), the Ministry of Home Affairs’ nodal agency for cybercrime, in a Memorandum of Understanding aimed at building stronger cyber awareness and prevention mechanisms across […]
Telangana Cyber Security Bureau Warns Against Fake Online Shopping Scams
“Think before you click. Verify before you pay.” Hyderabad, Telangana — July 2026 As festive-season sales, flash discounts, and clearance offers flood social media feeds, the Telangana Cyber Security Bureau (TGCSB) has issued a fresh advisory cautioning citizens against a growing wave of fake online shopping scams designed to look exactly like legitimate deals from […]
Uttarakhand STF Nabs Haryana Man in ₹50 Lakh “Digital Arrest” Fraud Case
A 12-day nightmare that cost a retired citizen ₹1.47 crore Dehradun / Rudrapur, Uttarakhand — July 2026 Cybercrime in India keeps finding new ways to reinvent itself, and the “digital arrest” scam is one of its most chilling recent avatars. In its latest breakthrough against this menace, the Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) has arrested […]
The Fake Scholarship Trap: J&K Police Warn Against a Student-Targeted Mule Fraud Pipeline
A rare cyber advisory that isn’t about who gets scammed — it’s about who unknowingly becomes the scam’s financial infrastructure. Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday issued a public advisory warning people against fraudulent scholarship schemes being used by cybercriminals to deceive unsuspecting individuals, steal sensitive information and misuse bank accounts for illegal financial transactions. […]
A Fake PNB Credit Card Ad on Facebook Ends in ₹7.80 Lakh Cyber Fraud
One senior citizen, one social media ad, and a legal question that matters to every account holder: who bears the loss when the bank itself was impersonated? A 69-year-old resident of Noida, Uttar Pradesh, has allegedly lost ₹7.80 lakh in a cyber fraud after responding to a purported Punjab National Bank (PNB) credit card advertisement […]
Hackers Exploit a Software Flaw to Steal ₹7.34 Crore From a Gujarat Bank
Ten arrests in, a legal look at what changes when the crime isn’t a duped account holder — but a breached Core Banking System itself. The Cyber Centre of Excellence of Gujarat CID Crime has arrested three more people in connection with the alleged hacking of the Bhavnagar District Co-operative Bank Limited, taking the total […]
Ghazipur Police Crack a ₹2.55 Crore Task Fraud and Mule Account Ring
A legal reading of the district’s first big catch under Uttar Pradesh’s statewide “Cy-Vajra” drive — and what task-based fraud does differently from a classic mule racket. Ghazipur Police have dismantled an organised cyber fraud network and arrested seven accused as part of Uttar Pradesh’s statewide “Cy-Vajra” anti-cybercrime campaign. Preliminary investigation has linked the network to more […]
The Mule Account Files: Inside Gujarat CID’s ₹250 Crore Cyber Fraud Bust
A legal reading of Operation Mule Hunt 2.0 — the statutes in play, the evidentiary questions ahead, and what it means for the account holder caught in between. The Cyber Centre of Excellence (CCOE) of Gujarat CID Crime has dismantled a sprawling interstate cyber fraud network under ‘Operation Mule Hunt 2.0’, arresting 19 accused linked to […]
Inside Operation First Light 2026: How INTERPOL Took Down a Global Scam Economy
Four months. Ninety-seven countries. Nearly 6,000 arrests. When INTERPOL announced the results of Operation First Light 2026 this month, it laid bare just how industrial the business of online fraud has become — and how a coordinated global response can still make a dent in it. The Numbers at a Glance Between January 15 and […]