43 cyber criminals held in one week

Faridabad, July 27

The cyber police in the district arrested 43 persons in connection with ten incidents of cyber crime last week ie between July 19 and 25 in the district.

ACP, Cyber Crime, Abhimanyu Goyat, said the cops of three cyber police stations in the city cracked several cases and managed to refund an amount of Rs 5.06 lakh, seizing Rs 1.34 lakh in the bank accounts of the accused. The total recovery of the money involved in the cases resolved in the past week was Rs 1.31 crore.

According to police officials, the accused have been nabbed from various states, including Rajasthan and Haryana.

He said the modus operandi of the criminals in such cases would be offering jobs, earning profits through investment in share market, completion of specific tasks on the Telegram app, offering easy bank loans, blackmailing through posting obscene videos and luring people to deposit money via UPI and getting OTPs from customers by posing as bank officials. The criminals had also been sending fake messages for submission or clearance of power, water and property tax bills. He said people should not pass on their personal and bank account details to anyone on phone and avoid visiting untrusted or suspicious links online.

He said cyber crimes need to be reported immediately to 1930 or visit https://cybercrime.gov.in. as it will help in freezing the bank accounts of cyber criminals.