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The Hyderabad Cyber Crime Police arrested 74 accused progressive successful assorted online fraud cases and removed 251 societal media profiles promoting amerciable betting and fake concern schemes successful May, a period that besides saw a large crackdown connected a pan-India shade SIM web allegedly utilized by cyber criminals.
According to the Cyber Crime Wing’s monthly review, 54 FIRs were registered during the month, portion investigations led to arrests successful cases involving concern fraud, matrimonial fraud, trading fraud, OTP fraud, occupation fraud, societal media fraud and integer apprehension scams.
Ghost SIM network
A important portion of the month’s enforcement efforts was Operation Octopus 3.0, nether which constabulary targeted a nationwide shade SIM ecosystem allegedly facilitating cyber crimes by providing anonymous connection channels to fraudsters. The cognition resulted successful the apprehension of 66 persons, including shade SIM paper holders, point-of-sale agents and suppliers, crossed 13 States.
Alongside investigations, cyber patrol teams identified 251 societal media profiles that were moving 304 paid advertisements promoting online betting applications, gaming platforms and fake concern websites. Police said the profiles utilized promises of speedy profits, referral commissions and, successful immoderate instances, deepfake videos of well-known personalities to lure victims. The accounts were subsequently reported and taken down.
Officials said cyber patrol operations person truthful acold resulted successful the removal of 678 societal media profiles and 2,207 paid advertisements linked to amerciable betting and fraudulent concern schemes.
The reappraisal showed that victims were refunded ₹68.27 lakh during May successful 25 cyber fraud cases involving losses exceeding ₹10 crore. Investment and trading frauds accounted for the largest stock of the wealth lost.
The city’s Zonal Cyber Cells received 2,531 complaints done the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal during the month. Of these, 349 FIRs were registered and 23 accused were arrested successful 18 cases, portion victims received refunds totalling ₹25.32 lakh.
The Cyber Crime Wing’s C-Mitra inaugural besides made 1,100 calls to victims and facilitated the registration of 252 Zero FIRs to guarantee timely assistance and ineligible enactment successful cyber transgression cases.
