Cybercrime in India - The Fraud Epidemic

Cyber fraud has become India's fastest-growing crime, and the state's counter-machinery now runs through the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C). 'Digital arrest' scams - where callers posing as the CBI or police keep a victim on video until they pay - headline a wider epidemic that the 1930 helpline, the CFCFRMS reporting system and a bank-linked Suspect Registry are racing to contain. By 31 January 2026 the system had helped save over Rs 8,690 crore across 24.65 lakh complaints.