Telangana Cyber Security Bureau arrests 165 cybercriminals in 6 months

Telangana Cyber Security Bureau TGCSB has arrested 165 cyber criminals from across the country during the last six monthsTGSCB director Shikha Goel said on Sunday that these cyber criminals were involved in 76 cases registered at seven cybercrime police stations in the stateIn an initiative to combat cybercrimes in the state seven cybercrime police stations were established in the state and became operational in April 2024She said that this is the first time since its creation that the bureau has started apprehending accused involved in cybercrimes These arrested cybercriminals were found involved in 795 cases in Telangana and 3357 cases across the countryTGSCB director said the information about the arrest of these accused persons by the TGCSB has been shared with the concerned police stations across the country This is a result of a thorough investigation by the Investigating officers of TGCSB cybercrime police station coupled with the technical support provided by the headquarters technical teamsThese accused were arrested from various regions of Andhra Pradesh Assam New Delhi Gujrat Odisha Rajasthan Tamil Nadu Telangana Haryana Jharkhand Karnataka Maharashtra and West Bengal Most of them were arrested under extremely challenging conditions such as the socialdemographic and geographical conditions including the threat of mob attacks and noncooperation from the local police in a few casesThe criminals were found to be involved in various types of cybercrimes that as parttime jobs business investment Stock Trading frauds digital arrests loan frauds cyber slavery hacking advertisement fraud impersonation matrimonial fraud and sextortion The accused had different roles in the crimes like mule account holders bank account suppliers account operators SIM suppliers bank officials travel agents and hackersAccording to the TGCSB director during the analysis of criminal profiling it is found that 45 per cent of them are graduates and postgraduates including BTech MBA and MCA 20 per cent are intermediate and 35 per cent of them are below SSC and IlliteratesAs many as 34 per cent of them are businessmen 21 per cent are selfemployed 14 per cent are private employees and 14 per cent are unemployed Nine per cent are students 5 per cent of them are farmers and labourers and 3 per cent of them are government employeesThe director said 49 per cent of the accused are in the age group of 21 to 30 Years 28 per cent of them are in the age group of 31 to 40 years 10 per cent of them are in the age group of 41 to 50 years 5 per cent are below 20 years and 8 per cent are above 50 yearsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever