Hyderabad: The Cyberabad Cybercrime Police solved 14 cybercrime cases and arrested 23 suspects across multiple States during a special enforcement drive conducted between January 16 and 22, exposing the pan-India spread of organised cyber fraud networks.
Trading fraud dominated the cases detected during the drive. Police registered six such cases and arrested 11 accused. Digital arrest fraud followed with three cases and five arrests.
Officials also booked two cases each under part-time job fraud and loan fraud, leading to three and two arrests respectively. In addition, one job fraud case resulted in the arrest of two accused.
Cyberabad cybercrime cases lead to ₹1.06 crore refunds
During the same period, Cyberabad Cybercrime Police secured 354 refund orders in 70 cases from courts. As a result, authorities facilitated refunds amounting to ₹1.06 crore to cybercrime victims.
In a major breakthrough, police busted an online trading and IPO fraud involving ₹2.9 crore. They arrested two persons from Andhra Pradesh for allegedly providing bank accounts used to route the cheated funds.
In another case, investigators uncovered a digital arrest fraud in which a 74-year-old woman was cheated of ₹56.50 lakh. Police arrested two suspects for allegedly supplying bank accounts to the fraudsters.
Police advised citizens to report cyber fraud without delay by calling the national helpline 1930 or by filing a complaint on the official cybercrime portal. Officials said early reporting helped block transactions and recover money in several cases.