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- The CBI carried out searches at 89 locations across 20 states and arrested three people as part of a crackdown on 'digital arrest' cyber fraud syndicates, in an operation code-named 'Chakra-VI'.
- The action relates to three cases it took over from state police, including frauds of ₹19.24 crore in Gujarat, ₹7.67 crore in Rajasthan and ₹15.45 crore in Karnataka, where victims were coerced by callers posing as police officers.
- Those arrested are alleged to have received, layered and dispersed fraud proceeds through bank accounts to disguise their trail.
- The crackdown follows Supreme Court directions for concerted action against such cybercrime networks.
What to watch next
- Efforts to identify and apprehend the remaining accused in the wider networks.
- Further seizures or recoveries of defrauded money as the financial trail is traced.
- Progress in the three cases, including any additional arrests or chargesheets.
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“The operations were meticulously planned on the basis of detailed financial and technical analysis, including examination of bank accounts, and online account access data”
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…on tracing the trail of fraud proceeds, unearthing conspirators and beneficiaries of fraud proceeds, and seizing purportedly incriminating material before it could be tampered with or destroyed, officials said. “ The operations were meticulously planned on the basis of detailed financial and technical analysis, including examination of bank accounts, and online account access data ,” a CBI official said. During the search operations, the CBI arrested three persons, whose examination revealed their specific and material role in receiving, layering and dispersing the fraud proceeds to project them…
“The CBI remains firmly resolved to act decisively against digital -arrest crimes and organised cyber-crime networks, in line with the directions of the Supreme Court, and to bring every person involved in these offences to justice”
In the article
…note of the alarming scale of these crimes, the Supreme Court of India has also directed the CBI to take concerted action against the perpetrators and the wider networks facilitating offences like ‘digital arrest’. “ The CBI remains firmly resolved to act decisively against digital -arrest crimes and organised cyber-crime networks, in line with the directions of the Supreme Court, and to bring every person involved in these offences to justice ,” the officer said.…
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