Punjab: Extortion racket busted, six held
2 months, 2 weeks ago

Punjab: Extortion racket busted, six held

Hindustan Times  

Police have busted an inter-district extortion racket with the arrest of six persons, officials said on Thursday. Senior superintendent of police Harkamal Preet Singh Khakh said the accused had been operating across several districts, targeting people with well-orchestrated scams. Khakh said the operation was initiated following a complaint by 65-year-old shopkeeper Narinder Singh of Sultanpur Lodhi, who said that he was being lured to a location in Saidpur Jhri on the pretext of providing labour for his business by the gang members. They forcibly took ₹15,000, multiple ATM cards and made video recordings of the assault to intensify their threats,” Khakh said. “The gang had extorted money from other victims across districts using fake phone calls,” he said.

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3 men held for extorting workers of residential society in Gurugram
1 month, 1 week ago

3 men held for extorting workers of residential society in Gurugram

Hindustan Times  

Three men were arrested on Saturday for allegedly extorting money from sanitation workers in a residential society in Gurugram, threatening them to pay weekly sums to continue their work, police said. The police also seized a Maruti Brezza car with a masked number plate and three wooden clubs reportedly used by the suspects for intimidation, they said. At the scene, …

Punjab: Two caught trying to extort money from Bathinda businessman
3 months ago

Punjab: Two caught trying to extort money from Bathinda businessman

Hindustan Times  

Two criminals, claiming to be members of the Davinder Bambiha gang, were arrested when they were heading to Bathinda to extort money from a businessman, police said on Thursday. The two criminals after they were caught heading to Bathinda city to extort money from a businessman. Parminder Singh is a proclaimed offender in a case of criminal intimidation and Sushil …

Cops: Fugitive gangster linked to extortion calls in Delhi
3 months, 4 weeks ago

Cops: Fugitive gangster linked to extortion calls in Delhi

Hindustan Times  

After laying low for nearly a month following the killing of its three key operatives in an encounter, including two who were involved in the June Burger King shooting, the Himanshu Bhau gang infamous for extortion has seemingly resumed harassing people. At least three businessmen in the city have received threatening calls and messages in the last 10 days purportedly …

Truck queue jumping racket: Two more constables suspended after investigation in Odisha
4 months ago

Truck queue jumping racket: Two more constables suspended after investigation in Odisha

New Indian Express  

PARADIP: Two more constables were suspended by Jagatsinghpur SP Rahul PR for allegedly taking bribes from brokers to let truck jump queues for unloading cargo in Paradip. A probe into the racket, headed by assistant superintendent of police Santosh Kumar Jena and Paradip Lock IIC Kulamani Sethi, revealed the extent of police involvement in it. On August 10, constable Nihar …

Punjab Police bust inter-state opium smuggling racket, 2 held in Fazilka
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Punjab Police bust inter-state opium smuggling racket, 2 held in Fazilka

Hindustan Times  

Punjab Police on Friday busted a major inter-state opium smuggling racket operating from Jharkhand with the arrest of two smugglers with 66kg of the contraband in the border district of Fazilka. Punjab Police on Friday busted a major inter-state opium smuggling racket operating from Jharkhand with the arrest of two smugglers with 66kg of the contraband in Fazilka. “Fazilka police …

Man who extorted money from elderly held in Nuh
8 months, 2 weeks ago

Man who extorted money from elderly held in Nuh

Hindustan Times  

A 20-year-old man, suspected to be part of a sextortion cybercrime racket, was apprehended from Mewat in Haryana last week for allegedly targeting elderly people and extorting money from them. While Sachin was arrested by the Shahdara cyber police in a raid at Niwana village in Haryana’s Nuh district, his associate, believed to be the leader of the racket, is …

Jalandhar businessman gets ₹2-cr extortion call, 1 arrested
10 months, 1 week ago

Jalandhar businessman gets ₹2-cr extortion call, 1 arrested

Hindustan Times  

The Jalandhar commissionerate police arrested one person for making an extortion call to a local businessman seeking ₹2 crore on Tuesday. The Jalandhar commissionerate police arrested one person for making an extortion call to a local businessman seeking ₹ 2 crore on Tuesday. Accused Makhan Singh of Hoshiarpur’s Mahilpur made his UK-based son, Amanjot Singh, to make extortion calls posing …

13 members of Kaushal gang held for extorting money from Gurugram shopkeepers
1 year, 2 months ago

13 members of Kaushal gang held for extorting money from Gurugram shopkeepers

Hindustan Times  

Thirteen people, suspected to be members of gangsters Kaushal-Amit Dagar gang, were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly extorting money from shopkeepers in Khandsa Mandi and nearby areas after threatening them with violence, said senior police officers. Explaining the gang’s background, police said between 2017 and 2019, Kaushal operated from Dubai and extorted money from businessmen, industrialists, bookies, property dealers and …

Gang held for running exortion' via loan app
1 year, 4 months ago

Gang held for running exortion' via loan app

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: A gang of five interstate loan app cybercrime recovery agents involved in financial exploitation of borrowers after sending them morphed obscene videos to extort money, were arrested by sleuths of Rachakonda Cybercrime Police. Gina provided links containing details of loan app borrowers to Mishra and Pal, D.S. Gina, who is absconding, was consistently providing the accused with a daily …

Punjab Police busts cross-border smuggling racket, one held and six kg heroin seized
1 year, 4 months ago

Punjab Police busts cross-border smuggling racket, one held and six kg heroin seized

India TV News  

Punjab Police busted a cross-border drug smuggling racket and also arrested one person in connection with the matter. Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said he is a habitual drug smuggler and has already been facing two criminal cases under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act. Amritsar Special Operation Cell received input According to him, the State Special Operation …

Gang of three “ police informers “ arrested for running extortion racket
1 year, 5 months ago

Gang of three “ police informers “ arrested for running extortion racket

The Hindu  

The Sadashivanagar police on Monday arrested a gang of three people who claimed to be police personnel, abducted a para medic student and robbed ₹ 1.7 lakh from him. The accused were police informers and misused their proximity to the police, and started an extortion racket, a police officer said. According to the police, the accused who claimed to be …

Faridabad Police busts fake call centre duping people on pretext of credit card limit increase
1 year, 5 months ago

Faridabad Police busts fake call centre duping people on pretext of credit card limit increase

India TV News  

Faridabad news: Six people have been arrested as police busted a gang duping people on the promise of increasing credit card limits and updating them, officials said on Sunday. The accused were arrested on Saturday from a fake call centre which was being operated from Sector 18, Gurugram, police said. Abhimanyu Goyat, ACP Cyber, said that on June 28, the …

Fake job racket busted in Karimnagar, three arrested
1 year, 6 months ago

Fake job racket busted in Karimnagar, three arrested

Deccan Chronicle  

KARIMNAGAR: Three persons were arrested by the One-town police for cheating several unemployed youth under the pretext of providing them jobs in government departments on contract basis and jobs in certain renowned private companies. The police officials busted the fake job racket and seized three mobile phones and Rs. Announcing the arrest of the gang, ACP Tula Srinivas Rao said …

Another Chinese loan app extortion racket busted in capital; 18 apprehended
1 year, 8 months ago

Another Chinese loan app extortion racket busted in capital; 18 apprehended

The Hindu  

The Delhi Police has busted a call centre, which was functioning under the guise of a finance company, and apprehended 18 persons for allegedly extorting money from people through a Chinese loan app, senior officers said on Friday. The DCP said that during the interrogation, Amit revealed that he and Khan used to work at EMI loan reminder call centres …

Delhi cyber police busts sextortion racket, 5 arrested
1 year, 10 months ago

Delhi cyber police busts sextortion racket, 5 arrested

India Today  

Five men have been arrested for allegedly extorting money from a businessman on the pretext of blocking the victim’s obscene video on social media. A businessman registered a complaint alleging that he received a phone call from a person posing as inspector Vikram Rathore from Delhi Police’s Crime Branch and extorted money on the pretext to block the complainant’s obscene …

Sextortion racket runs deep in this Rajasthan village
2 years ago

Sextortion racket runs deep in this Rajasthan village

India Today  

'Surprise for you', read the fraudsters' online invitation to a 61-year-old man in Maharashtra's Pune. HOW THE SEXTORTION WAS CARRIED OUT Cyber fraudsters trapped potential victims via conversations or video calls on online platforms. Senior Police Inspector Meenal Patil of Cyber Crime explained the modus operandi of online racketeers. SEXTORTION RAMPANT IN RAJASTHAN A 29-year-old man in Rajasthan was arrested …

Maharashtra: Fake call centre extorting money from US citizens busted, 16 arrested
2 years, 2 months ago

Maharashtra: Fake call centre extorting money from US citizens busted, 16 arrested

Firstpost  

The accused would contact US citizens and offer them loans. After obtaining their bank account details, the accused would siphon off funds from their accounts Thane: Thane police have busted a fake call centre which allegedly duped US citizens after offering them loans and arrested 16 people in this connection, an official said on Sunday. Acting on a tip-off, the …

Loan app-cum-extortion racket: Tax consultant, law student arrested by Chandigarh Police
2 years, 3 months ago

Loan app-cum-extortion racket: Tax consultant, law student arrested by Chandigarh Police

Hindustan Times  

The ongoing investigations into the loan-cum-extortion racket has unearthed the involvement of a tax consultant who had been helping the main accused in routing the extorted money to shell companies and further abroad through hawala channels. Apart from the tax consultant-cum-advocate, Sunil Kumar Chauhan, 46, of Ghaziabad, police have also arrested three more accused, including Abhishek Kumar, 30, an LLB …

Online inter-State fraud racket gets busted in Chittoor, five nabbed
2 years, 3 months ago

Online inter-State fraud racket gets busted in Chittoor, five nabbed

Deccan Chronicle  

TIRUPATI: Chittoor I Town police busted an inter-state online fraud racket and arrested five persons of the gang on Wednesday. Police said the cyber criminals were operating from Bihar and Karnataka and targeting online shoppers on the pretext of them having won hefty cash prizes. According to Chittoor district SP Y. Rishanth Reddy, the police received complaints from 25 victims, …

Call centre racket uncovered in Bengaluru; 11 persons from Gujarat arrested
2 years, 5 months ago

Call centre racket uncovered in Bengaluru; 11 persons from Gujarat arrested

The Hindu  

Eleven persons, working in two Whitefield-based call centres that were running phishing operations targeting bank customers in the United States have been arrested by Bengaluru police. that a fraudulent/ suspect transaction or purchase has noticed in one of their accounts — such as a bank account or an Amazon account — and the call is being made on behalf of …

Police bust fake ‘escort’ call centre in Delhi; 1 arrested, 8 women asked to join probe
2 years, 6 months ago

Police bust fake ‘escort’ call centre in Delhi; 1 arrested, 8 women asked to join probe

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Delhi Police have busted a fake call centre that was operating in Sector-1 Avantika, Rohini, by the name ‘Indian Gigolo’ that offered escort services, apart from selling pills and sprays to enhance sexual vitality. Police said that the call centre was busted following an investigation carried out by the cyber cell police station of outer-north district based …

Delhi Police busts fake call centre racket, 8 arrested
2 years, 7 months ago

Delhi Police busts fake call centre racket, 8 arrested

India Today  

Eight people have been arrested for their alleged involvement in running fake call centre that used to dupe innocent people on the pretext of providing private jobs in telecom companies of Rajasthan. During interrogation, Dheeraj disclosed that he ran a fake call center in Khoda Colony, in UP’s Ghaziabad, where he hired some employees and they cheated innocents on pretext …

Delhi Police busts sextortion gang posing as cops, 1 arrested from Rajasthan
2 years, 7 months ago

Delhi Police busts sextortion gang posing as cops, 1 arrested from Rajasthan

India Today  

Delhi Police busted a Mewat-based gang that extorted money from people by honey-trapping them. According to the police, some complaints were received on the MHA's Cyber Crime Portal regarding extortion by fake Crime Branch and YouTube officials on the pretext of lodging police complaints over obscene videos of victims and uploading of the same on YouTube. After lodging a case, …

Delhi Police busts fake call centre racket, arrests eight
2 years, 7 months ago

Delhi Police busts fake call centre racket, arrests eight

India Today  

Delhi police recently busted a fake call centre racket that used to lure innocent people on the pretext of providing car insurance policies at discounted rates. Around eight people have been arrested by the police, including the main kingpin, Mohammad Riyaz, who owned the call centre. He disclosed that he ran a fake call centre in the Vijay Nagar area …

Delhi Police busts fake job racket offering employment in railways, two arrested
2 years, 9 months ago

Delhi Police busts fake job racket offering employment in railways, two arrested

India Today  

The Delhi Police busted a gang for cheating people on the pretext of providing them a job in the Indian Railways. The accused deceived people by promising a job of assistant station master in the Indian Railways. During the investigation, a team of police conducted raids at various locations in Haryana and the main accused, Ritesh, 26, was apprehended from …

28 call centre workers arrested for duping people with fake loans in Delhi's Budh Vihar
2 years, 11 months ago

28 call centre workers arrested for duping people with fake loans in Delhi's Budh Vihar

India Today  

Delhi Police busted a fake call centre for reportedly duping around 1,000 people in the name of giving loans under the Pradhan Mantri Employment Generation Programme in Budh Vihar area. At least 28 people, including 25 women, were arrested for cheating people using a fake call centre, pocketing huge amounts of money. Police raid building Upon receiving the complaint, police …

Delhi Police busts sextortion racket, arrests mastermind from Rajasthan
3 years, 2 months ago

Delhi Police busts sextortion racket, arrests mastermind from Rajasthan

India Today  

The Delhi Police Crime Branch busted a sextortion racket on Saturday and arrested the mastermind from Rajasthan's Bharatpur district. According to police, one of the victims alleged that he was receiving extortion calls from people posing as YouTube employees. Police seized an SUV purchased by the accused with extortion proceeds, as well as the accused's mobile phone, which was used …

Delhi Police Cyber Cell busts Rajasthan-based 'sextortion' racket, one arrested
3 years, 2 months ago

Delhi Police Cyber Cell busts Rajasthan-based 'sextortion' racket, one arrested

India Today  

Delhi Police’s Cyber Crime Cell has busted a Rajasthan-based ‘sextortion’ racket that used morphed videos of victims and extorted them for money. The matter came to light after CyPAD of Delhi Police received a complaint in which the victim alleged he had got a friend request on Facebook from a person who also sought his WhatsApp number. After technical analysis …

Twin Success for Delhi Police, Bust Cybercrime Rackets in Jamtara, Rohini
3 years, 3 months ago

Twin Success for Delhi Police, Bust Cybercrime Rackets in Jamtara, Rohini

News 18  

The Cyber Crime Cell of Delhi Police has arrested 14 people from the area of Jamtara, along the border of Bengal and Jharkhand. According to senior officials of the Cyber Crime branch, these cybercriminals used to operate throughout Jamtara and alert the entire gang upon seeing any new or unrecognized face in the area. Besides, sources also said that the …

This hawker has property worth crores, runs extortion racket in Mumbai stations
3 years, 4 months ago

This hawker has property worth crores, runs extortion racket in Mumbai stations

Hindustan Times  

The authorities have slapped charges under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act on a hawker, his wife and six other associates accused of extortion, and attached many of his properties worth crores. The Government Railway Police said the accused, Santosh Kumar Singh alias Bablu Thakur, has properties, including two high-end cars and a motorcycle, 10 houses in Mumbai, …

Police bust fake insurance racket in Delhi after fraudsters dupe man Rs 75 lakh
3 years, 4 months ago

Police bust fake insurance racket in Delhi after fraudsters dupe man Rs 75 lakh

India Today  

The cyber cell and crime branch of Delhi police along with the Mumbai police busted a fake insurance racket after fraudsters allegedly duped a man of Rs 75,00,000 in a recent case. The four accused were running a racket and cheated people on the pretext of providing insurance policies with different companies. The matter came to light when a case …

8 arrested on charges of 'sextortion' in Rajasthan
3 years, 4 months ago

8 arrested on charges of 'sextortion' in Rajasthan

India TV News  

The Alwar Police in Rajasthan have busted a racket that was allegedly involved in blackmailing people through 'sextortion' and 'cat phishing'. This gang reportedly was expert in opening fake bank accounts, issuing fake mobile SIM cards and cheating from ATMs. The accused, through sextortion, made recordings via a screen recorder by showing pornographic videos and then used to extort money …

Punjab police bust international drug racket, 12 arrested including 4 Afghanistan nationals
3 years, 5 months ago

Punjab police bust international drug racket, 12 arrested including 4 Afghanistan nationals

India TV News  

Following up on the arrest of four Afghan nationals a couple of days ago, Hoshiarpur police on Wednesday nabbed 12 people and claimed to have busted an international drug racket. According to the Hoshiarpur Senior Superintendent of Police, Navjot Singh Mahal, police have recovered 20 kilograms of heroin and Rs 40 lakh drug money. "Police have recovered 20 kilograms of …

MP Police bust gang duping public to invest in shell companies
3 years, 5 months ago

MP Police bust gang duping public to invest in shell companies

Hindustan Times  

Madhya Pradesh police cybercrime cell arrested four people for running a racket involved in duping people to invest in shell companies and sending money to Pakistan through crypto currency, said a police officer. The accused carried out transactions worth ₹50 crore, said Yogesh Chaudhary, additional director general of police. They would then convert the money into cryptocurrency with the help …

Delhi Police Busts Online Sex Racket, 6 Arrested from Mewat
3 years, 11 months ago

Delhi Police Busts Online Sex Racket, 6 Arrested from Mewat

News 18  

Delhi Police arrested six accused from Mewat district, Haryana for allegedly running an online sex racket on Tuesday. The accused used to befriend victims on social media, primarily males, and would pretend to be female. Meanwhile, during the video call, the accused would switch on a porn video on another device, creating an impression that he or she is acting …

Delhi Police busts gang running fake job racket in the name of Air India, 3 arrested
4 years, 2 months ago

Delhi Police busts gang running fake job racket in the name of Air India, 3 arrested

India Today  

Delhi Police has busted a fake job racket in the name of Air India who duped hundreds of job seekers across the country. The trio were allegedly involved in luring people who lost their job during the pandemic and asked them to deposit money for securing job of Air India. She was in search of job since then and receieved …

Punjab: Police arrest 2 linked to drug smuggling racket run by former BSF constable
4 years, 2 months ago

Punjab: Police arrest 2 linked to drug smuggling racket run by former BSF constable

India Today  

In yet another crackdown on the international drug and weapon smuggling networks that are being operated from across the border, Punjab Police has arrested two wanted persons. Police said it was a follow up action against the recently busted international drug and weapon smuggling racket, which was being operated by former BSF constable Sumit Kumar alias Noni. The two arrested …

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