Overview
- Bengaluru’s CCB said hackers siphoned about Rs 47 crore from Whizdm Finance accounts in 1,782 transactions routed to 656 bank accounts, arresting two facilitators and recovering roughly Rs 10 crore.
- Police in Bengaluru said Dubai-based operatives rented servers and hired Hong Kong hackers who tampered with API systems, with IP trails linked to a Webyne Data Centre and rented addresses.
- Delhi Police’s Crime Branch arrested three men accused of running a Rs 47.23 lakh stock-trading scam for a handler identified as ‘Tom’ in China, using a shell firm with seven current accounts and forged IDs.
- Jhalawar police arrested six more suspects in ‘Operation Shutter Down’ targeting welfare-scheme fraud, alleging insider misuse of PM-Kisan credentials, tracing over 11,000 suspicious accounts and freezing deposits near Rs 1 crore.
- In Delhi, a 25-year-old was held for allegedly stealing his father’s SIM to create a fraudulent UPI ID, with investigators recovering 100 grams of gold and freezing Rs 3 lakh as the money trail is examined.