A large scale cybercrime crackdown has led to multiple arrests and major recoveries across Delhi.
Under Operation Cy-Hawk, Delhi Police has arrested 57 people linked to different cyber fraud cases in which victims were cheated of around ₹77 crore. Police said the accused were involved in 30 cases registered in the southwest district, while 236 complaints against them were recorded on the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal.
The operation focused on a wide range of cyber and financial crimes. These included ATM fraud, digital arrest scams, job fraud, digital marketing scams, USDT conversion, mule account networks, and cheque withdrawal rackets.
Based on inputs received from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre, police identified 2 suspicious bank accounts allegedly used to route stolen money. The account holders, Mohammad Salman and Yasmeen, were found to be linked to 6 complaints and were arrested. Police said both were acting on the instructions of a person named Sahid, who contacted them through social media and promised commissions.
“Sahid kept changing locations to evade arrest but was eventually traced to Ghaziabad’s Shalimar Garden and nabbed near Bhagat Singh Chowk, DLF, on Dec 13,” a senior police officer said.
During questioning, Sahid disclosed that around 5 to 6 months ago, he came in contact with Azhan through his friend Hammad. He was allegedly offered a 1% commission on withdrawn amounts in return for providing bank accounts.
Police said Sahid facilitated nearly 100 to 150 bank accounts. This included accounts belonging to Mohammad Numan and Naoushad, who were also arrested. Both admitted to opening accounts for a commission of ₹10,000 each.
Based on further disclosures, police traced and arrested Azhan, a BTech student, from Zakir Nagar. Investigators said Azhan converted defrauded funds into cryptocurrency and USDT and transferred them to Said ul Zafar. He was later arrested from southeast Delhi.
As part of the same operation, police also busted a loan app fraud and an interstate electricity bill payment fraud. So far, officers have seized 1 laptop, 41 mobile phones, 54 SIM cards, 7 passbooks, and 4 ATM cards.
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