online extortion

In a major breakthrough against digital arrest scams, the Bidhannagar Commissionerate has arrested two men from Karnataka for allegedly extorting Rs 1.47 crore from a Rajarhat resident. The accused, Naveen …

The Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) has arrested a Bengaluru resident for allegedly defrauding a senior citizen in Dehradun and another victim in Nainital of Rs87 lakh through a digital …

In another alarming case of the growing digital arrest scam, a Panchkula resident was allegedly cheated of Rs5.9 lakh by a fraudster posing as a Hyderabad police officer. According to …

The Pune Police have arrested Ganesh Suryakant Oti for allegedly defrauding a Greater Noida resident of Rs75 lakh in a “digital arrest” scam, officials said. Oti was apprehended on October …

A government high school teacher in Davanagere lost Rs22.4 lakh in a digital arrest scam, leading to the arrest of a car driver, Arun Kumar, 35, from Koratikere village in …

In a major step against rising cyber fraud, the Cyber Police Station of Dwarka District, Delhi, has arrested three cybercriminals linked to digital extortion and investment scams. The arrests took …

A 27-year-old man from Tumakuru, identified as Arun T, has been arrested by Mangaluru Central Crime Police for allegedly impersonating a cybercrime officer and extorting Rs1.23 lakh from Facebook users. …

In a shocking case of cybercrime, Uttar Pradesh Police on Wednesday arrested seven men for impersonating officials of the Enforcement Directorate (ED) and Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to “digitally …

The Delhi Police have cracked open a cyber-extortion racket involving obscene video calls and digital blackmail, arresting two suspects — including the alleged mastermind Shyam Singh. The case surfaced after …

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Federal officials have announced the arrest of four men from Ivory Coast in connection with a global sextortion scam that led to the suicide of a …