Topic
Digital arrest scams, in which callers pose as police or agency officials to extort money. Report them at cybercrime.gov.in or on helpline 1930.
8 storiesLatest 14 Sept 2026, 14:57 IST
Enforcement/
The CBI has arrested an Airtel area distributor in Vaishali, Bihar, over SIM cards it says were issued fraudulently for a SIM Box operation linked to at least 73 cybercrime cases.
Enforcement
The scam that begins with a video call from someone claiming to be police is usually reported as an individual tragedy. Following one Goa complaint, the ED found the machinery behind it: dummy companies, borrowed directors, and bank accounts tied to 163 FIRs across 20 states.
Enforcement
The Supreme Court has directed the RBI and all states to set up temporary debit holds, grievance redressal and money restoration measures to curb digital arrest cyber-fraud.
Enforcement
In a live suo motu proceeding, the Supreme Court has directed the CBI to lead digital arrest scam investigations and allowed authorities to freeze linked accounts, per interim orders dated 1 December 2025.
Enforcement
The CBI's Operation Chakra-V has run a sequence of nationwide searches and arrests since April 2025 against digital-arrest cyber-fraud and mule-account networks. The investigations are continuing.
Enforcement
The CBI has filed a series of chargesheets in 'digital arrest' cyber fraud cases under Operation Chakra-V, alleging senior citizens were coerced into transfers, including one of about Rs 23 crore.
Enforcement
The ED provisionally attached about Rs 1.76 crore of mule-account funds in the Rs 7 crore 'digital arrest' of Vardhman chairman S.P. Oswal; a High Court denied one accused bail.
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