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Hindustan Times
2 hours ago
- Hindustan Times
Eighteen held for duping US citizens after sending bug to laptops
Eighteen people, including two women, were arrested on Friday for allegedly duping United States nationalsby sending a bug on their laptops via email, said police, adding that investigation is going on to assess the number of people duped. The suspects were operating from a rented accommodation in Noida, Sector 65, said police officials. A police officer involved in the investigation said the call center had been operating in the rented accommodation for the past two months. (Archive) Police said they received a tip-off that a call center involved in duping US citizens was operating in Noida. 'Upon receiving the information, a team was formed, and eighteen people were arrested,' said central Noida deputy commissioner of police (DCP), Shakti Mohan Avasthy. A police officer involved in the investigation said the call center had been operating in the rented accommodation for the past two months. 'It was revealed that they used to change locations every two to three months to avoid arrest,' he said, adding that the employees were hired by the gang leaders through Telegram and other social media platforms for salaries ranging between ₹25,000 to ₹40,000. Explaining their modus operandi, police said the gang leaders used to buy data of US citizens from US locals selling personal information, and employees hired by them were tasked with sending a bug via email, where they included their customer support number. After receiving the email, the target's laptop processor would slow down. After this, the victims would call the customer support number provided by the scammers and talk to them via voice-over-internet calls. 'Posing as customer support from an MNC, they gained access to the victims' laptop screens and threatened them that their bank credentials might leak due to bugs in their laptops,' said DCP Avasthy, adding that, under the pretext of providing help, they charged $250 to $300 from the victims. Police said the suspects have been identified as Dhruv Arora, 26, who was leading the call center, a resident of South Delhi; Akash Kumar, 27; Mayvo, 26; Saurabh Chandra, 26; Mohammad Fazul, 28, all residents of Delhi; Tarun Sharma, 36; Guruvindar Singh, 32; Pratyuman Sharma, 27; Gaurav Jasrotiya, 30; Kunal Rajvanshi, 29; Divyansh Bhadala, 28; Apurv Singh, 25; Ritu Rajput, 24; Sukrati Singh, 24; Mayur Nayak, 28, all residents of Noida; and Akash Tiwari, 25; Asmit Singh, 27; Harman Preet, 29, all residents of Faridabad. Twenty-three laptops, twenty-five headphones, and other electronic gadgets were recovered from their possession, said police adding that a case under sections of cheating (318) and cheating by personation(319) of BNS was registered at Phase 3 police station and further investigation is underway. .
Time of India
7 hours ago
- Time of India
ED calls Anil Ambani for quizzing on August 5 in 'fraud' case, issues lookout notice
. New Delhi: Enforcement Directorate on Friday put travel curbs on Reliance ADAG chief Anil Ambani by issuing a lookout circular after summoning him for questioning at the agency HQ here on Aug 5 in connection with an alleged money laundering racket involving group entities. The summons were based on findings of probes being conducted by multiple agencies. On Friday, ED searched three premises in Bhubaneswar and one in Kolkata after finding alleged evidence of Rs 68-crore fake bank guarantee provided to Solar Energy Corporation of India Limited on behalf of Reliance NU BESS Ltd/Maharashtra Energy Generation Ltd. The guarantee was generated by a shell entity registered in Bhubaneswar, allegedly linked to ADAG. Reacting to the allegations, ADAG said: "The company and its subsidiaries acted bonafidely and have been a victim of fraud, forgery and cheating conspiracy." Due disclosure made to stock exchanges: Reliance ADAG In its defence, Reliance ADAG said, 'The company has made a due disclosure on this to the stock exchanges on Nov 7, 2024. A criminal complaint has already been lodged with the Economic Offence Wing of Delhi Police against the third party on Oct 16, 2024. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like Villas For Sale in Dubai Might Surprise You Dubai villas | search ads Get Deals Undo The due process of law will follow'. 'Multiple undisclosed bank accounts have been detected having suspicious transactions of several crores of rupees ,' ED sources said. 'Key individuals of the group have been found using Telegram app with 'disappearing messages' enabled, indicating attempts to conceal communication.' ED has registered a separate money laundering investigation based on an FIR registered by economic offences wing of Delhi Police in Nov 2024. Searches took place in Bhubaneswar at three premises of Biswal Tradelink and its directors and one premise of an associated operator. The Bhubaneswar entity, now being allegedly linked to Anil Ambani's group, is a mere paper entity, which was registered at a residential property belonging to an associate, and had suspicious financial transactions with multiple companies. Sources said evidence of generating fake bank guarantees was seized during July 24 searches on ADAG companies. Officials alleged the bank guarantee of Rs 68.2 crore submitted to Solar Energy Corporation of India has been established as fake. 'In an attempt to prove that this fake bank guarantee is genuine, the group used a spoofed email domain. Instead of the domain was deployed to send forged communication to SECI, impersonating SBI,' a source added. ED has sought domain registration details of from National Internet Exchange of India.
India Today
13 hours ago
- India Today
Cybercrimes in India jump up 4 times; Maharashtra, UP top victims
Cybercrimes like digital arrest, sextortion, online fraud, and cyberattacks have jumped fourfold over the last four years, the government has informed Parliament. In a written reply, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) told the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday that the number of reported cybercrimes exceeded 22 lakh in 2024 as compared to 4.5 lakh in 2021, a jump of over 401 per cent. advertisementGujarat, Odisha, and Karnataka have witnessed the highest rate of increase in cybercrime over the last four years—824 per cent, 783 per cent, and 763 per cent, respectively. By June 30 this year, the number had already clocked 12 lakh, significantly higher than the annual cybercrime figures reported in 2022 and 2021. In 2025, Maharashtra is the worst-affected state with 1.6 lakh cases of cybercrimes, followed by Uttar Pradesh (1.4 lakh) and Karnataka (1 lakh). Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh have consistently ranked as the top two most affected states of cybercrimes over the past three ON TARGETWhat's more appalling is the rising number of cyber crimes against children. The ministry's data showed that more than 3,000 cases were related to the sharing and dissemination of child pornography between 2018 and 2022. In this period, over 500 cases of cyber stalking against children under 18 years of age were also registered. This trend has been increasing year by year. Online crime against children rose by 25 per cent in 2021 and 32.5 per cent in 2022. The online crimes included in these numbers include those involving social media, chat rooms, and online gaming year, India Today's Open-Source Intelligence (OSINT) team unearthed a network of Telegram channels sharing child pornography in bulk. Telegram subsequently removed these of cyberattacks have also been rising rapidly. According to a 2025 report by the think tank Data Security Council of India (DSCI), India witnessed an average of 761 cyberattack attempts per minute last year. The healthcare sector was the primary target, followed by hospitality and banking. Following the Pahalgam terror attack in 2025, India faced a major escalation — over 15 lakh cyberattacks were attempted against the country's critical infrastructure, including defence, power, telecom, finance, and transportation sectors. These coordinated attempts were carried out by Pakistan and allied hacking groups.- Ends
