Lok Sabha Question No. 428 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-11-30
Subject: Cases of Cyber Crime related to Financial Fraud
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 428

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 30 th  NOVEMBER, 2021/AGRAHAYANA 9,1943 (SAKA)

CASES OF CYBER CRIME RELATED TO FINANCIAL FRAUD

428. SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  a  sharp  increase  has  been  reported  in  cyber  crime  related  to financial frauds in the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  number  of  such  cases  reported  during  the  last  five  years  in  the country, year-wise along with the type of frauds;
- (c) the percentage of such cases and the action taken against the culprits;
- (d)  the  measures  and  mechanism  being  adopted  by  the  Government  to  curb such cases; and
- (e)  the  details  and  number  of  fake  and  fraud  call  centres  which  were  busted during the said period?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI AJAY KUMAR MISHRA)

(a)  to  (e):  With  the  enhanced  use  of  internet,  the  number  of  cyber  crimes including  financial  frauds  is  also  increasing.  The  National  Crime  Records Bureau  (NCRB)  compiles  and  publishes  statistical  data  on  crimes  in  its publication 'Crime in India'. The latest published report is for the year 2020. As per  data  published  by  NCRB,   the  details  of cases registered,  action taken

## LS.US.Q.NO. 428 FOR 30.11.2021

against  the  culprits  etc.,  under  cyber  crimes,  States/UTs  wise  and  category wise during 2016-2020 are at Annexure.

'Police' and 'Public Order* are State subjects as per the Seventh Schedule of  the  Constitution  of  India.  States/UTs  are  primarily  responsible  for  the prevention,  detection,  investigation  and  prosecution  of  crimes  through  their Law  Enforcement  Agencies  (LEAs).  The  LEAs  take  legal  action as per provisions of law against the offenders.

To    strengthen    the    mechanism    to    deal    with    cyber    crimes    in    a comprehensive    and    coordinated    manner,    the    Central    Government    has taken  steps  for  spreading  awareness  about  cyber  crimes;  issuance  of alerts/  advisories;  capacity  building/training  of      law    enforcement  personnel/ prosecutors/judicial officers; improving cyber forensic facilities; etc. Ministry of Home Affairs has established Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) to provide a framework and eco-system for LEAs to deal with the cyber crimes in a comprehensive and coordinated manner.

The Government has launched the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal (www.cybercrime.gov.in), to enable public to report incidents pertaining to all types of cyber crimes, with a special focus on cyber crimes against women and children. Cyber  crime  incidents  reported  on  this  portal, their conversion into

## LS.US.Q.NO. 428 FOR 30.11.2021

FIRs and subsequent  action thereon are handled by the State/UT law enforcement  agency  concerned  as  per  the  provisions  of  the  law.  Citizen Financial Cyber Fraud Reporting and Management System has been launched for immediate reporting of financial frauds and to stop siphoning off funds by the  fraudsters.  A  toll-free  number  155260  has  been  operationalized  to  get assistance in lodging online cyber complaints.

The  details  and  number  of  fake  and  fraud  call  centres  are  not  maintained centrally.

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## L.S.USQ.NO.428 FOR 30.11.2021

## Crime Head-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Chargesheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Cyber Crimes during 2016-2017

| SL   | Crime Head                                                                     | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2016   | 2017   | 2017   | 2017   | 2017   | 2017   | 2017   |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| SL   | Crime Head                                                                     | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    | CR     | CCS    | CON    | PAR    | PCS    | PCV    |
| 1    | Tampering computer source documents                                            | 78     | 32     | 1      | 66     | 43     | 1      | 233    | 54     | 2      | 99     | 72     | 2      |
| 2    | Computer Related Offences                                                      | 6818   | 2018   | 134    | 4674   | 2579   | 172    | 10108  | 2091   | 50     | 4169   | 3319   | 59     |
| 3    | Cyber Terrorism                                                                | 12     | 6      | 0      | 7      | 7      | 0      | 13     | 1      | 0      | 11     | 1      | 0      |
| 4    | Publication/transmission of obscene / sexually explicit act in electronic form | 957    | 409    | 10     | 829    | 484    | 12     | 1768   | 642    | 18     | 1443   | 1087   | 25     |
| 5    | Interception or Monitoring or decryption of Information                        | 0      | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      | 4      | 1      | 1      | 2      | 1      | 1      |
| 6    | Un-authorized access/attempt to access to protected computer system            | 0      | 3      | 0      | 3      | 3      | 0      | 2      | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      |
| 7    | Abetment to Commit Offences                                                    | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 8    | Attempt to Commit Offences                                                     | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | 4      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 9    | Other Sections of IT Act                                                       | 748    | 242    | 14     | 384    | 298    | 17     | 1503   | 379    | 44     | 658    | 522    | 37     |
| A    | Total Offences under I.T. Act                                                  | 8613   | 2710   | 159    | 5964   | 3414   | 202    | 13635  | 3169   | 115    | 6383   | 5003   | 124    |
| 10   | Abetment of Suicide (Online)                                                   | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      |
| 11   | Cyber Stalking/Bullying of Women/Children                                      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | 542    | 233    | 6      | 397    | 296    | 6      |
| 12   | Data theft                                                                     | 86     | 22     | 0      | 34     | 26     | 0      | 307    | 36     | 0      | 155    | 37     | 0      |
| 13   | Fraud                                                                          | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | 3466   | 614    | 9      | 1971   | 1027   | 11     |
| 14   | Cheating                                                                       | 2329   | 355    | 4      | 853    | 569    | 6      | 1896   | 301    | 2      | 806    | 621    | 2      |
| 15   | Forgery                                                                        | 81     | 16     | 0      | 64     | 37     | 0      | 99     | 24     | 0      | 180    | 75     | 0      |
| 16   | Defamation/Morphing                                                            | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | 12     | 4      | 0      | 17     | 17     | 0      |
| 17   | Fake Profile                                                                   | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | 86     | 31     | 0      | 90     | 52     | 0      |
| 18   | Counterfeiting                                                                 | 10     | 12     | 0      | 17     | 19     | 0      | 1      | 1      | 0      | 9      | 1      | 0      |
| 19   | Cyber Blackmailing/Threatening                                                 | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | 311    | 103    | 2      | 214    | 127    | 2      |
| 20   | Fake News on Social Media                                                      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | 170    | 51     | 1      | 115    | 85     | 1      |
| 21   | Other Offences                                                                 | 1012   | 454    | 9      | 817    | 620    | 15     | 1086   | 518    | 12     | 1037   | 768    | 11     |
| B    | Total Offences under IPC                                                       | 3518   | 859    | 13     | 1785   | 1271   | 21     | 7976   | 1916   | 32     | 4991   | 3106   | 33     |
| 22   | Gambling Act (Online Gambling)                                                 | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | 45     | 28     | 0      | 102    | 101    | 0      |
| 23   | Lotteries Act (Online Lotteries)                                               | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | -      | 11     | 0      | 0      | 1      | 0      | 0      |
| 24   | Copy Right Act                                                                 | 181    | 136    | 29     | 237    | 212    | 31     | 89     | 57     | 4      | 103    | 82     | 4      |
| 25   | Trade Marks Act                                                                | 2      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0      | 11     | 1      | 0      | 5      | 1      | 0      |
| 26   | Other SLL Crimes                                                               | 3      | 7      | 0      | 4      | 16     | 0      | 29     | 9      | 1      | 16     | 13     | 1      |
| C    | Total Offences under SLL(Special and Local Laws)                               | 186    | 143    | 29     | 241    | 228    | 31     | 185    | 95     | 5      | 227    | 197    | 5      |
| D    | Total Cyber Crimes                                                             | 12317  | 3712   | 201    | 7990   | 4913   | 254    | 21796  | 5180   | 152    | 11601  | 8306   | 162    |

Source: Crime in India

## Annexure L.S.USQ.NO.428 FOR 30.11.2021

Crime Head-wise Cases Registered (CR), Cases Chargesheeted (CCS), Cases Convicted (CON), Persons Arrested (PAR), Persons Chargesheeted (PCS) and Persons Convicted (PCV) under Cyber Crimes during 2018-2020

| SL   | Crime Head                                                                     | 2018 2019   | 2018 2019   | 2018 2019   | 2018 2019   | 2018 2019   | 2018 2019   | 2018 2019   | 2018 2019   | 2018 2019   | 2018 2019   | 2018 2019   | 2018 2019   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020   | 2020      | 2020   |
|------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|--------|--------|--------|-----------|--------|
| SL   | Crime Head                                                                     | CR          | CCS         | CON         | PAR         | PCS         | PCV         | CR          | CCS         | CON         | PAR         | PCS         | PCV         | CR CCS | CON    | PAR    | PCS       | PCV    |
| 1    | Tampering computer source documents                                            | 257         | 122         | 4           | 208         | 185         | 4           | 173         | 42          | 2           | 60          | 62 8        | 338         | 76     | 20     | 153    | 134       | 23     |
| 2    | Computer Related Offences                                                      | 14141       | 2730        | 404         | 4627        | 3552        | 470         | 23734       | 3691        | 161         | 5174        | 5586 188    | 21926       | 6435   | 508    | 6499   | 7726      | 568    |
| 3    | Cyber Terrorism                                                                | 21          | 5           | 0           | 28          | 5           | 0           | 12          | 3           | 0           | 17          | 11          | 0           | 26 4   | 0      | 20     | 6         | 0      |
| 4    | Publication/transmission of obscene / sexually explicit act in electronic form | 3076        | 1157        | 37          | 2322        | 1621        | 46          | 4203        | 1567        | 86          | 2531        | 2111 106    | 6308        | 2343   | 66     | 3858   | 3170      | 82     |
| 5    | Interception or Monitoring or decryption of Information                        | 6           | 1           | 0           | 24          | 4           | 0           | 9           | 8           | 0           | 8           | 8 0         | 7           | 3      | 0      | 3      | 3         | 0      |
| 6    | Un-authorized access/attempt to access to protected computer system            | 0           | 0           | 0           | 6           | 0           | 0           | 2           | 2           | 0           | 2           | 2 0         | 2           | 0      | 0      | 0      | 0         | 0      |
| 7    | Abetment to Commit Offences                                                    | 1           | 1           | 0           | 13          | 2           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0 0         | 1           | 1      | 0      | 1      | 1         | 0      |
| 8    | Attempt to Commit Offences                                                     | 13          | 8           | 0           | 21          | 21          | 0           | 14          | 10          | 0           | 16          | 14 0        | 18          | 12     | 0      | 16     | 14        | 0      |
| 9    | Other Sections of IT Act                                                       | 980         | 390         | 21          | 746         | 598         | 32          | 2699        | 451         | 50          | 727         | 690 78      | 1017        |        | 320 37 | 509    | 431       | 48     |
| A    | Total Offences under I.T. Act                                                  | 18495       | 4414        | 466         | 7995        | 5988        | 552         | 30846       | 5774        | 299         | 8535        | 8484 380    | 29643       | 9194   | 631    | 11059  | 11485     | 721    |
| 10   | Abetment of Suicide (Online)                                                   | 7           | 5           | 0           | 8           | 8           | 0           | 7           | 6           | 0           | 12 12       | 0           | 10          | 6      | 0      | 12     | 7         | 0      |
| 11   | Cyber Stalking/Bullying of Women/Children                                      | 739         | 390         | 4           | 618         | 480         | 4           | 771         | 463         | 12          | 673         | 581 15      | 872         | 438    | 8      | 619    | 525       | 10     |
| 12   | Data theft                                                                     | 106         | 36          | 0           | 83          | 50          | 0           | 282         | 28          | 1           | 59 42       | 1           | 98          | 137    | 75     | 205    | 195       | 75     |
| 13   | Fraud                                                                          | 3353        | 844         | 6           | 1778        | 1467        | 12          | 6229        | 1119        | 18          | 2539        | 1980 40     | 10395       | 1688   | 221    | 2332   | 2268      | 246    |
| 14   | Cheating                                                                       | 2051        | 471         | 6           | 1007        | 817         | 7           | 3367        | 535         | 10          | 1249        | 1292 14     | 4480        | 771    | 60     | 1277   | 1163      | 85     |
| 15   | Forgery                                                                        | 260         | 41          | 0           | 159         | 88          | 0           | 511         | 127         | 0           | 167         | 463         | 0           | 582    | 419 77 | 479    | 454       | 189    |
| 16   | Defamation/Morphing                                                            | 18          | 5           | 0           | 8           | 7           | 0           | 19          | 4           | 0           | 5           | 4 0         | 51          | 4      | 0      | 15     | 6         | 0      |
| 17   | Fake Profile                                                                   | 78          | 49          | 1           | 71          | 54          | 1           | 85          | 35          | 0           | 45          | 43          | 0           | 149 43 | 2      | 65     | 65        | 2      |
| 18   | Counterfeiting                                                                 | 2           | 1           | 0           | 1           | 1           | 0           | 5           | 5           | 0           | 8           | 8 0         | 9           | 2      | 0      | 10     | 4         | 0      |
| 19   | Cyber Blackmailing/Threatening                                                 | 223         | 102         | 1           | 189         | 143         | 2           | 362         | 109         | 2           | 296         | 145 2       | 303         |        | 121 6  | 203    | 153       | 6      |
| 20   | Fake News on Social Media                                                      | 97          | 34          | 2           | 61          | 48          | 2           | 188         | 60          | 1           | 171         | 94 1        | 578         | 145    | 1      | 213    | 207       | 1      |
| 21   | Other Offences                                                                 | 1713        | 788         | 9           | 1464        | 1040        | 21          | 1974        | 883         | 23          | 1404        | 1204 31     | 2674        | 1123   | 9      | 1716   | 1501      | 14     |
| B    | Total Offences under IPC                                                       | 8647        | 2766        | 29          | 5447        | 4203        | 49          | 13800       | 3374        | 67          | 6628        | 5868 104    | 20201       | 4897   | 459    | 7146   | 6548      | 628    |
| 22   | Gambling Act (Online Gambling)                                                 | 20          | 19          | 0           | 38          | 49          | 0           | 22          | 16          | 0           | 58          | 54          | 0           | 63     | 31 7   | 116    | 85        | 7      |
| 23   | Lotteries Act (Online Lotteries)                                               | 2           | 0           | 0           | 2           | 0           | 0           | 9           |             | 0           | 11          | 1 0         | 26          | 12     | 11     | 14     | 12        | 11     |
| 24   |                                                                                | 62          | 26          |             | 41          |             | 0           |             | 1           | 0           |             |             |             | 24     | 0      | 44     |           |        |
|      | Copy Right Act                                                                 |             |             | 0           |             | 32          |             | 34          | 10          |             | 8           | 11 0        | 49          |        |        |        | 36        | 0      |
| 25   | Trade Marks Act                                                                | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 0           | 1           | 3           | 0           | 2           | 3 0         | 5           | 2      | 0      | 3      | 2         | 0      |
| 26   | Other SLL Crimes                                                               | 22          | 9           | 0           | 46          | 16          | 0           | 23          | 9           | 1           | 26          | 21 2        | 48          |        | 16 2   | 38     | 21        | 2      |
| C    | Total Offences under SLL ( Special and Local Laws)                             | 106 27248   | 54          | 0           | 127         | 97          | 0 601       | 89 44735    | 39          | 1           | 105         | 90          | 2 50035     | 191    | 85 20  | 215    | 156 18189 | 20     |
|      | Total Cyber Crimes (A+B+C)                                                     |             | 7234        | 495         | 13569       | 10288       |             |             | 9187        | 367         | 15268 14442 | 486         |             | 14176  | 1110   | 18420  |           | 1369   |

Source: Crime in India