New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) brought down three transnational cyber crime rings in a massive synchronized operation involving law enforcers of various nations, including the United States, the United Kingdom, Kuwait, Ireland, and Singapore. The agency announced on Monday that the crackdown, which was the agency’s operation on January 30, was called Operation CyStrike.
During this operation, the CBI searched 35 locations and 10 states and Union Territories such as Delhi, Bihar, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Telangana, and West Bengal. The networks participated in cyber-enabled financial offenses and victimized victims of India and other parts of the world with massive monetary losses.
The CBI says that one of the networks that was dismantled was based in New Delhi and focused mainly on the United States victims through online fraud. In the searches, some of the electronic tools found, such as laptops, mobile phones, and computer hard disks, contained incriminating digital evidence that was related to the crimes. One of the main players in this network, which was known as Pfokrehrii Peter, was arrested.
It was carried out closely with some international agencies that included the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of the US and law enforcement agencies in the UK, Kuwait, Ireland, and Singapore, indicating how the world is increasingly cooperating with one another in addressing the issue of cybercrime.
In an independent yet related move, the CBI also disarmed another transnational cyber-enabled financial crime gang operating in New Delhi, Ghaziabad, and some areas of Karnataka. This organization was reported to cheat job hunters by giving them bogus appointment letters at a fee in an exchange in exchange of fake Kuwaiti e-Visas.
In the raids, the agency found laptops, mobile phones, a computer hard disk, and cash of approximately [?]60 lakh. The racket of the Kuwaiti e-visa was linked to one of the accused, who was arrested in the case, Suraj Srivastava.
The CBI claimed that it is still in the process of investigating, and more arrests could be made. The agency restated that it will continue to fight against cybercrime and how the citizens will be guarded against transnational fraud networks, which are becoming ever increasingly sophisticated.
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