Archive · 3 Jun 2025
Police Bust International Cybercrime Syndicates in Delhi and Kolkata
Police have caught groups of people running big scams online.
Some pretended to be from banks and tricked people into giving them money or personal information.
Other groups sent messages and videos to blackmail people.
In Kolkata, a group pretended to be tech support from Microsoft and Norton to get access to computers and steal money.
The scammers used fake bank accounts, and fake identities to hide their tracks.
The police found important evidence like computers, phones, and fake IDs, and are still working to find more people involved.
Delhi police dismantled a pan-India cybercrime syndicate involved in banking frauds and sextortion.
Three individuals were arrested in Delhi for running a synthetic bank account kit operation.
Seven more were arrested in Delhi for operating a fake bank loan provider call center.
Kolkata Cyber Police arrested six individuals for a tech support scam targeting US residents.
The Kolkata scammers impersonated Microsoft and Norton representatives to gain remote access and steal money.
- Who
- Multiple cybercrime syndicates, including those running fake call centers.
- What
- Large-scale cybercrime operations involving banking fraud, sextortion, and tech support scams.
- When
- Arrests made in May/June 2024; investigations ongoing.
- Where
- Delhi, Kolkata, targeting victims in the US.
- Why
- To defraud victims for financial gain through impersonation and deceptive tactics.
- Affected Locations
- Delhi, Kolkata, US
- Total Arrests
- 16
- Scam Types
- Fake loans, sextortion, tech support
- Items Seized
- Synthetic bank kits, cash, laptops, phones
- Key Operatives (Delhi)
- Ujjawal Pandey, Gaurav Barua, Yug Sharma
- Key Operatives (Kolkata)
- Aman Sharma, Deepak Singh, Rahul Das, Avinash Singh, Sudhir Kumar Mahato, Pratik Kumar Singh
- Modus Operandi
- Impersonation, false promises, remote access, extortion
Sources
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