Amid Covid spread, 10% cyber crime cases detected this year

Hyderabad: Amid the spread of the pandemic, less than ten per cent of

cyber

crime cases have been detected this year, said police. Cops expect the detection per cent to increase in the next two months.

This year, till September, as many as 1,973 cyber crime cases have been registered, of which only 160 cases were detected, as most fraudsters are traced outside the state, said police. “Cyber crime has no jurisdiction. At the time of lockdown, even though cops could not travel to other states to track offenders, the cybercrime cases kept pouring in,” said a cyber crime cop.

“Currently, three teams are in Rajasthan, West Bengal and Delhi to track offenders. Now that the teams have started travelling again, we are hoping the detection percentage will increase in the next two months,” said KVM Prasad, ACP cyber crime, Hyderabad.

Most of the offences were financial frauds like-- debit-credit card fraud, KYC scam, OTP fraud. Over 400 cases of KYC scams were recorded this year, while, 300 offences were marketplace fraud with most traced to Bharatpur in Rajasthan.

“The offenders, pretending to be army officials, lure victims by posting vehicles or electronic items for sale ads on online marketplaces for second-hand products and cheat citizens,” said the ACP.

Three teams are in Rajasthan, West Bengal and Delhi to track offenders. Now that the teams have started travelling , we are hoping the detection percentage will increase in two months


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