70% rise in cyber cheating cases, but no plans for small frauds wing: Maharashtra deputy CM Devendra Fadanavis

MUMBAI: The Maharashtra government on Friday said that cyber fraud and cheating cases in the state saw a 70% rise in 2022 over 2021. However, deputy chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said there was no proposal to set up a Small Frauds Wing on the lines of the Economic Offences Wing to tackle such cases.

He was responding to questions raised by MLCs Vijay Girkar, Praveen Darekar, Ramesh Patil, Manisha Kayande, and Niranjan Davkhar in the Legislative Council.

“Last year till November, 4,286 cases of cyber cheating were reported. This is a 70% rise compared to the cases in the same period in 2021. In Mumbai, there were 1,294 cases of credit card and online cheating frauds but out of them only 37 cases have been detected.