Chennai, June 3
In a major breakthrough against organised cybercrime, the Cyber Crime Wing of the Tamil Nadu Police has arrested seven individuals from across the country under a nationwide operation titled ‘Operation Hydra’.
In a statement, cyberpolice said that the suspects were found to be involved in a range of frauds, including matrimonial scams, phishing, digital loan frauds, and fake scholarship schemes.
Police teams were dispatched to various states -- Uttarakhand, Jharkhand, Assam, and New Delhi -- to apprehend the accused.
According to officials, the arrests are part of an intensified drive to dismantle interstate cybercrime syndicates.
On May 28, two suspects, Mohammed Dawood (21) and Mohammed Vaseem (34), were arrested in Jaspur, Uttarakhand. Both were allegedly managing mule bank accounts used to route and launder money gained from matrimonial fraud cases.
In another case registered at the State Cyber Crime headquarters, a victim lost Rs 4.05 lakh to a phishing scam.