In Hyderabad, the Cyber Crime unit achieved a major success by arresting 37 cyber criminals throughout the country. These fraudsters were linked to 178 cases, with 74 occurring in Telangana. During May, authorities managed to return Rs 14.54 crore to the victims who had been scammed.
The police apprehended five individuals from Andhra Pradesh, five from Delhi, two from Uttar Pradesh, two from Gujarat, two from Haryana, three from Rajasthan, and eighteen from Telangana. They confiscated 74 mobile phones, 26 Aadhar Cards, 156 cheque books, 11 debit cards, 22 SIM cards, 8 bank passbooks, 5 rubber stamps, 115 shell company stamps, 11 laptops, OTP detectors, QR code scanners, PAN Cards, and swiping machines.
The accused were connected to cases in various states: six in Andhra Pradesh, seven in Delhi, 44 in Karnataka, 29 in Maharashtra, one in Manipur, five in Chhattisgarh, six in Kerala, six in Haryana, two in Odisha, 26 in Tamil Nadu, five in Punjab, 16 in Gujarat, eight in Bihar, eight in Rajasthan, one in Pondicherry, one in Uttarakhand, one in Jharkhand, seven in Madhya Pradesh, 11 in Uttar Pradesh, and 11 in West Bengal.
Officials from Cyber Crime warned the public not to worry if they get threatening video calls claiming to be from agencies like CBI, RBI, ED, Customs, Judges, Cyber Crime police, Narcotics, FedEx, BSNL, TRAI, etc. They emphasized that no government agency or law enforcement will make Skype calls or ask for money to solve issues. There are no digital arrests or online inquiries in the system.
