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The cybercrime helping of the Hyderabad constabulary arrested 43 cyber criminals from 15 States successful transportation with 34 cases registered successful the commissionerate during a peculiar cognition carried retired successful December 2025. The officials facilitated refunds of much than ₹2 crore to victims, according to authoritative information released connected Thursday, January 8, 2026.
Investment fraud topped the charts with 19 cases followed by integer apprehension scams with 8 and 1 lawsuit each successful categories of societal media fraud, concern fraud, hacking, lawsuit attraction fraud and online piracy. Through these operations, the constabulary managed to refund ₹1.33 crore to victims.
During the month, the helping received 266 complaints done the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, of which 144 archetypal accusation reports were registered. Zonal cyber cells crossed Hyderabad received 2,195 petitions, starring to the registration of 80 FIRs. In these cases, 15 persons were arrested crossed the state successful transportation with 13 cases, and ₹72.36 lakh was refunded to the victims.
The arrested accused were recovered to beryllium linked to arsenic galore arsenic 119 cybercrime cases crossed antithetic States including 19 successful Telangana, 15 successful Karnataka, 14 successful Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra each and 12 successful Rajasthan. Their slope accounts signaling transactions totalling astir ₹73 crore.
During the arrests, constabulary seized 23 mobile phones, a laptop, 9 cheque books, 2 slope passbooks, 16 debit cards, 3 rubber stamps, 3 QR codification scanners, 3 PAN cards and gaming cards, which were allegedly utilized to facilitate cyber fraud.
Among the important cases detected was a ‘digital arrest’ scam involving a 75-year-old housewife, who was allegedly deceived by fraudsters posing arsenic authorities and telecom officials. By creating fearfulness done mendacious allegations against her hubby and misusing idiosyncratic details, the accused allegedly coerced her into transferring ₹1.95 crore done RTGS for alleged verification. Following an investigation, 3 accused, identified arsenic Saiyad Soyab Jahid, 26, Belim Anas Rahim, 24, and Dinesbhai Keshubhai Babariya, 32, each from Bhavnagar successful Gujarat were arrested, and 2 mobile phones were seized.
In different akin case, a elder national was allegedly targeted done WhatsApp calls by persons impersonating authorities and constabulary officials. The unfortunate was falsely accused of engagement successful quality trafficking, overseas occupation fraud and wealth laundering, and was threatened with arrest. Under sustained intimidation, helium transferred ₹59 lakh to accounts provided by the fraudsters. Two accused, identified arsenic Surampudi Chandrasekhar, 31 and Emandi Venkat Naveen, 25, some from East Godavari territory successful Andhra Pradesh were arrested successful the case.
The nationalist has been urged to study cyber fraud instantly done the 1930 helpline oregon the cybercrime reporting portal, arsenic punctual reporting tin assistance frost accounts and retrieve mislaid funds.
