The Supreme Court on Thursday, October 29, examined measures to tackle digital arrest scams, raising questions about banks' accountability, the prevention of suspicious transactions and the misuse of WhatsApp by fraudsters. A Bench comprising Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant…
The Intelligence Fusion and Strategic Operations (IFSO) unit of the Delhi Police has busted a racket that used fake health camps to collect villagers' identity details and activate e-SIMs for use in digital arrest cyber fraud. Two men have been…
Published - October 29, 2026 08:20 pm IST - KALABURAGI Cybercrimes have caused financial loss of around ₹58 crore in Kalaburagi compared with the about ₹2 crore loss due to conventional crimes, Circle Inspector of Police in the Cyber Crime Police Station Raghavendra has said. He was…
The Supreme Court on Thursday expressed “frustration” at digital arrest scamsters siphoning off crores from the national economy annually, questioning how educated people remain gullible enough to believe they can be detained over mobile phone calls. A visibly anguished CJI…
The Supreme Court on Thursday pulled up the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) over cyberfrauds, saying banks must compensate victims for losses when their employees are found to be involved. A bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant…
Udupi police arrest two in extortion case; cooperative society employee allegedly coerced into transferring Rs 42.97 lakh over two years after threats via app. Udupi: Udupi Town police arrested two persons on Oct 26 in connection with an alleged extortion case in…
Supreme Court of India Shutterstock Banks could be held liable to compensate victims of digital arrest scams and other cyber frauds if financial losses are traced to lapses in their due diligence, the Supreme Court said on Thursday, stressing the…
CJI Surya Kant noted that about ₹800 crore was lost to digital arrest scams this year, which led to questions about the RBI's efforts to tackle such crimes CJI Surya Kant suggested that banks and financial institutions compensate victims of digital…
Debayan, Special Correspondent, a graduate of Department of Law, University of Pune and a post graduate from Asian College of Journalism has been covering courts since 2016 for TV and web based mediums. Prior to journalism, he was working as an…
The Supreme Court on Thursday said banks should be held accountable for digital fraud losses and that victims of scams, including so-called digital arrests, should receive compensation of at least the amount lost if the fraud is found to have…
Scammers posing as police, courts, banks or officials, from U.S. jury-duty and warrant calls to India's 'digital arrest' scams.
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