The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has launched a major crackdown on a cybercrime infrastructure facilitating digital arrest scams, conducting raids at 80 locations across 16 states and union territories.
The raids, carried out by 60 special teams, were aimed at dismantling a targeted operational network involved in over 200 cases of digital arrest cases.
Two persons were arrested from Chennai and Kolkata for their alleged involvement in the incorporation of shell companies and the opening and operation of mule bank accounts, used for laundering approximately ₹2 crores of suspected proceeds of crime.
The CBI had recently unearthed a fraudulent website bearing a URL deceptively similar to the official website of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India, which was used to deceive victims under the guise of digital arrest.
During the searches, the CBI recovered several incriminating documents, digital devices, mobile phones, and records relating to bank transactions, which are being subjected to detailed forensic examination and analysis.
The agency has also found evidence indicating that nationals of several other countries may have been defrauded by the same network, and the concerned law enforcement agencies in those jurisdictions are being alerted through appropriate channels.
