New Delhi, Oct 8
As the cases of digital arrests see a sharp uptick, the CBI on Wednesday carried out coordinated, nationwide searches at approximately 40 locations across Delhi NCR, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Kerala and West Bengal in connection with a transnational cyber-enabled “digital arrest” fraud, as part of ongoing Operation Chakra V.
The central agency, in its press note, said that it had registered a comprehensive FIR, based on the complaints received on the NCRP Portal of I4C MHA from nine different victims of digital arrest.
“Analysis of more than 15000 IP addresses revealed that the perpetrators of the digital arrest frauds were carrying out their operations from foreign locations, including Cambodia and using Indian mule account holders to carry out layering and integration of proceeds of crime,” it said.
This reflects CBI’s commitment to combat cyber-enabled financial crimes through sustained intelligence-led operations, inter-agency coordination, and the use of advanced digital forensics to counter complex transnational fraud networks.