Overview
- Speaking in the Assembly on February 24, the chief minister said no agency arrests over video calls or seeks payments and told people to hang up and complain via 1930 or the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal.
- He said reporting within the first 60 minutes greatly boosts recovery prospects, citing recoveries of up to about 90 percent when banks freeze transactions quickly.
- Officials detailed a scheme in which money moves through 8–10 domestic accounts before dispersal to more than 100 overseas accounts, often in countries without legal cooperation treaties.
- Maharashtra pointed to strengthened capacity through its Maharashtra Cyber centre, a nodal cyber police station at Mahape, training in digital forensics, and public awareness drives at transport hubs and online.
- The state logged 145 major cases since late 2025 totaling over Rs 129 crore, with an example from Ahilyanagar where police kept Rs 78 lakh on hold from Rs 87 lakh defrauded.