Delhi Police Busts Pan-India Cybercrime Syndicate

The Delhi Police recently dismantled a pan-India cybercrime syndicate involved in large-scale banking frauds and online scams. The investigation revealed multiple criminal activities, including fake loan call centres and a sophisticated sextortion racket.According to the police, the network included social media profile analysts, extortion callers, and impersonators posing as police officers. These criminals threatened victims with false legal cases unless they paid extortion demands.A major breakthrough came after a tip-off about suspicious “synthetic bank account kits”. These kits were designed to facilitate crimes such as sextortion, cyberfraud, and banking scams, including debit/credit card cloning.Following the investigation, several suspects were arrested. Police seized forged bank documents, pre-activated SIM cards, debit/credit cards, and mobile devices used for real-time fraudulent transactions. These kits allowed cybercriminals to create fake financial identities, enabling untraceable banking activities.A raid uncovered a fake bank loan call centre. The operation lured victims with fake loan offers, extracted “processing fees” through QR codes, and then vanished, leaving victims with no recourse.The sextortion racket targeted victims by sending friend requests on Facebook and luring them into WhatsApp video calls. Scammers played explicit videos and secretly recorded the victims’ screens, later blackmailing them into paying hush money.The Delhi Police emphasized the growing sophistication of cybercrime and urged citizens to stay vigilant against such scams.

Vignesh

SOC Analyst