39 verified cases involving Cybercrime, newest first.
The Moradabad police registered a case following an alert received from Meta regarding a video depicting child sexual abuse. The investigation was initiated after the platform flagged the content.
Mumbai police's cybercrime department arrested two people from Bihar and Jharkhand for allegedly defrauding an accountant of Rs 48.60 lakh in a 'Boss' scam by impersonating the victim's CEO on WhatsApp. The accused were found to be linked to approximately seven similar cases across India.
A 25-year-old man named Rafikul Alam from Assam was arrested by Gujarat CID's Cyber Centre for his alleged involvement in a digital arrest cyber fraud network. He is linked to 1,090 digital arrest cyber fraud cases worth Rs 1,071 crore across India. Three FIRs were registered against him under the Information Technology Act.
A trainee IPS officer in their first posting faces allegations of accepting approximately Rs 1 crore in bribes through hawala channels in connection with a cyber fraud case. The alleged bribe was paid in two equal instalments during May 2026.
The Uttar Pradesh Special Task Force arrested an alleged mastermind of a pan-India fake IPO cybercrime syndicate from Nagpur. The case involves 3,087 registered complaints across the country related to fraudulent IPO schemes. The investigation represents a breakthrough against organized cybercrime operations.
A US-based software engineer was arrested in Chennai for allegedly sending hoax bomb threats to various institutions across India between 2023 and 2025.
Surat Police arrested Rohit Virendrasinh Shakya, an 18-year-old school dropout, for developing malicious APK files that were supplied to cybercriminal gangs operating from Jharkhand's Jamtara. The case involves an AI-powered cyber fraud network and losses estimated at Rs 64 crore. Shakya was arrested from a hotel in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh during the investigation.
Four police officers, including a CCB DySP and three inspectors, were investigated for alleged involvement in Bitcoin-related crimes. A SIT completed investigations into nine separate Bitcoin-related matters. The four officers were dropped from the chargesheet after the Karnataka government denied prosecution sanction.
A CBI FIR registered following a complaint from the Supreme Court Registry targeting an organized digital arrest scam network operating across 16 Indian states including Rajasthan. Fraudsters used fake domains to convince victims they were under investigation and extorted money under the guise of 'digital arrest'.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has dismantled an international cybercrime network involved in the distribution of online child sexual exploitation material. The operation targeted individuals and groups facilitating the circulation of such content.
Uttar Pradesh police arrested a software engineer and his wife for allegedly defrauding 300 investors of Rs 30 crore. The accused are alleged to have operated a fake trading application to facilitate the investment fraud.
The National Investigation Agency (NIA) conducted raids across multiple districts in Bihar (Gopalganj, Saran, and East Champaran) to investigate a human trafficking case involving youth being sent to Cambodia and forced into cyber fraud operations. The investigation is ongoing.
Surat Cybercrime police have arrested five persons accused of cheating an e-marketplace of Rs 42 lakh by making fraudulent orders totalling 5,121 transactions between December 2025 and March 2026.
Two persons were arrested in Delhi for duping a Chandigarh man of Rs 85,000 through cyber fraud involving cheating by personation and forgery.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested a former assistant manager of a private bank and two other individuals in connection with a Rs 1.6 crore digital arrest fraud case.
The Supreme Court registered a suo motu case in October 2025 after a senior citizen couple from Haryana reported being defrauded of Rs 1.5 crore in a digital arrest scam. The Court issued 13-point directions to combat such scams nationwide, recognizing this as a widespread issue affecting multiple states and directing RBI, banks, and state authorities to implement urgent SOPs and cybercrime coordination mechanisms.
The CBI has filed a chargesheet regarding a digital arrest scam that defrauded a 78-year-old retired banker in Delhi of Rs 23 crore. Investigations revealed that the funds were laundered through over 4,000 bank accounts across the country.
The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered an FIR against unknown persons in connection with a digital arrest scam. The investigation was initiated following specific orders from the High Court.
The founders of the cryptocurrency exchange CoinDCX were arrested by the Thane Police following allegations of cheating and fraud. The company has stated that the FIR is false and that the incident involved a third-party website impersonating their platform.
An 81-year-old businessman from Belagavi, Ajit Gopalkrishna Saraf, was defrauded of Rs 15.45 crore over a six-week digital arrest scam between February and March 2026. Police arrested one accused in connection with the case.