CBI arrests cybercriminal after massive search operation across 10 states
New Delhi (PTI): The CBI has arrested an alleged cybercriminal after conducting a massive countrywide search operation across 35 locations as part of a sweeping multinational crackdown on cyber-enabled financial crimes, officials said on Monday.
Christened Operation CyStrike, the crackdown was launched on January 30 in coordination with law-enforcement agencies in the United States, the United Kingdom, Kuwait, Ireland, and Singapore.
The CBI officers searched 35 locations across 10 states, including Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Telangana and West Bengal.
The raids disrupted multiple cybercrime networks based in India that targeted victims in the United States, the United Kingdom, Kuwait, Ireland, Singapore, and India, officials said.
"During search operations, CBI busted and dismantled a transnational cyber-enabled financial crime network being operated by the accused persons from New Delhi, targeting US victims online. Electronic devices, viz laptops / mobile phones/computer hard disks containing incriminating digital evidence related to the crime, were recovered and seized from the accused. The key operative was arrested on the spot," the CBI spokesperson said in a statement on Monday.
The central probe agency busted another transnational cyber-enabled financial crime network, operating from New Delhi, Ghaziabad, and Karnataka, under the domain name 'eservicemoi-Kw.com', under the guise of providing Kuwaiti e-Visas and offering appointments for working in leading Kuwait companies to Indian nationals in exchange for money, she said.
The search operation led to the seizure of electronic devices such as laptops, mobile phones, computer hard disks containing fake Kuwaiti e-Visas and appointment offer letters for working in leading Kuwait companies, besides cash of Rs. 60 Lakhs, the spokesperson informed further.
"During search operations, CBI also dismantled the transnational cybercrime networks being operated by the accused persons targeting the victims from the United Kingdom, Ireland and Singapore online and defrauding them. The mule accounts involved in channelising the proceeds of crime from the foreign victims to the accused persons were identified and taken down," she added.
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Bidar: YouTuber attempts suicide after accusing SP, other police officers of harassment on Facebook
Bidar: A YouTuber from the district reportedly attempted to commit suicide while going Live on Facebook to accuse police officers, including the Superintendent of Police, of continuously harassing him and and driving him to take the extreme step.
The YouTuber, Salman Khan, who runs the channel ‘Media in Truth’, stated on Thursday that he had been facing harassment from several officers, including the SP, for some time.
“I upload and share videos on a variety of issues on my YouTube channel. I shared all these videos with the SP too, yet, I was called to the SP’s office on the pretext of a peace meeting, where an attempt was made to assault me in front of everyone, completely damaging my dignity and reputation,” Khan has said on Facebook Live.
Speaking further, he said that he was asked why he posted so many videos related to the police.
Claiming that he was called and told to delete the clips, Khan said he was being harassed by the SP himself.
“The SP is misusing his powers and strangulating the truth. He has also harassed several other people in Bidar district,” he said.
He also questioned how the officer would treat others if a media person was being subjected to such harassment.
“I am being forced to close my YouTube channel as the SP is attempting to register a false case against me and he might also take my life. I therefore urge citizens to please take care of my family,” Khan said on Facebook Live before allegedly consuming drugs.
On Thursday night, Khan’s condition was reported to be critical. He is currently undergoing treatment at the Bidar Institute of Medical Sciences (BRIMS) Hospital.
(Assistance for overcoming suicidal thoughts is available on the state’s health helpline 104, Tele-MANAS 14416.)
