PANJIM: The Cyber Crime police have registered 49 cases in the year 2022 of which 17 cases have been detected and 27 arrests have been made so far.
Superintendent of Police North Goa and Crime Branch Nidhin Valsan stated while informing of an arrest in a cyber crime case of November 2022.
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SP Valsan said that the police succeeded in cracking a cyber cheating case and have arrested the accused person from Delhi for cheating the victim of over Rs 5 lakh. Gurmeet Singh, is a resident of Tilaknagar, New Delhi.
“The cyber frauds cheated the victim who had got in touch with a shell company named Kanyanat from Thailand through Indiamart, an online selling platform. The shell company took several payments from the complainant for purchase of Italian make speakers,” the SP said.
SP Valsan added, “The cyber criminals are defrauding several persons, who are less cyber literate. The accused impersonate themselves while talking to victims.”
“Geographical anonymity and those staying out of India make it very difficult to track and arrest criminals. However, our detection rate is 35 per cent, which is good compared to the overall rate of detection,” the SP added.
“Cyber Crime along with other police stations has covered 25,000 students of Goa for cyber awareness. 573 complaints have been received on cyber crime helpline 1930. We have been able to save Rs 20 lakh,” SP Valsan stated.
