India’s cybercrime reporting methods logged 36 lakh fraud circumstances in 2024; Rs 22,845 crore misplaced, over 10,000 arrested | India Information – Occasions of India
NEW DELHI: Residents reported losses of over Rs 22,845 crore to cyber monetary frauds final yr, which marks a 206% surge from the Rs 7,465 crore losses reported in 2023, the ministry of dwelling affairs (MHA) knowledgeable the Lok Sabha on Tuesday.Replying to a query, junior dwelling minister Bandi Sanjay Kumar mentioned 36.4 lakh monetary frauds have been reported by way of the nationwide cybercrime reporting portal (NCRP) and the citizen monetary cyber fraud reporting and administration system (CFCFRMS) operated by Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C), which comes below purview of MHA. As in comparison with this, 24.4 lakh incidents of economic fraud have been reported in 2023.The entire cyber crimes reported on NCRP alone witnessed a 42% improve to 22.7 lakh in 2024 as in comparison with 15.9 lakh in 2023, mentioned Kumar.Whereas NCRP was launched by I4C in 2019, CFCFRMS was began in 2021 for quick reporting of economic frauds and to cease siphoning off funds by the fraudsters.The minister advised the Lok Sabha that CFCFRMS had thus far saved greater than Rs 5,489 crore in additional than 17.8 lakh complaints.Giving particulars of the motion taken by the federal government in opposition to cyber criminals, the minister mentioned thus far, greater than 9.42 lakh SIM playing cards and a pair of,63,348 IMEIs, as reported by police authorities, have been blocked by the Centre.A suspect registry of identifiers of cyber criminals was launched by I4C on September 10, 2024, in collaboration with banks and monetary establishments. To this point, greater than 11 lakh suspect identifier information obtained from banks and 24 lakh Layer 1 mule accounts have been shared with the taking part entities of suspect registry and saved over Rs 4631 crore, mentioned Kumar.In keeping with him, the ‘Pratibimb’ module, which maps areas of criminals and crime infrastructure to offer visibility to jurisdictional officers, has, by providing techno-legal help to regulation enforcement businesses, led to the arrest of 10,599 accused, 26,096 linkages and 63,019 cyber investigation help requests.
