In 13 months, cyber scamsters in Haryana ‘pocketed’ 335 crore

In a span of 13 months, cyber scamsters allegedly swindled people out of over Rs 335 crore even as the Haryana Police’s cyber cell is now scrambling to identify the conmen and put them behind bars. The cell’s priority is also to put on hold the fraudulent transactions and recover the swindled money from the possession of the accused.

From January 1, 2022, to December 31, 2022, the cyber cell received over 66,784 complaints in which the complainants alleged that they were duped of Rs 301,48,30,788 (approx Rs 301 crore). Taking cognisance of the complaints, the cyber cell has so far managed to put the transactions on hold or recover Rs 46,91,10,031 (approx Rs 47 crore).

Out of these over 66,784 complaints, 33,532 complaints are pending and under process, while 31,087 have been disposed of.