Indian law-enforcement agencies have mounted a string of operations this week to stem a surge in online fraud, making arrests in at least half a dozen states and exposing scams that cost victims tens of millions of rupees. In the capital, the Delhi Police Crime Branch broke up a fake-degree syndicate on 20 June, seizing 228 forged mark sheets and 27 counterfeit diplomas and detaining five suspects. A separate cyber unit arrested two people the previous day for running an online degree scam that extracted ₹155,874 from a victim seeking re-issuance of academic credentials. Telangana’s Cyber Security Bureau carried out a one-day sweep that netted 15 repeat offenders, including an IIT graduate, for possessing and circulating child-sexual-exploitation material. The action followed 57 cyber-tipline alerts and led to 34 first-information reports. Maharashtra’s Pimpri-Chinchwad Cyber Police said they dismantled a ring linked to Chinese gangs that allegedly ran IPO-investment and dating-app marriage scams, arresting 10 people and tracing frauds worth ₹2.11 crore. In Chandigarh, officers detained three men who posted fake vehicle-auction ads, while Gurugram police shut down a bogus call centre that promised airport jobs. Several high-value individual cases also came to light. Hyderabad investigators said a retired doctor lost more than ₹20 lakh after an artificial-intelligence deepfake featuring Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman lured her onto a sham trading site. In Delhi, an 80-year-old bookseller was tricked out of ₹15.5 lakh by a caller posing as a municipal official threatening power disconnection, and a Delhi woman was cheated of ₹29 lakh by a fake investment adviser. Police officials warned that criminals are increasingly using deepfake videos, malicious mobile applications and government-impersonation tactics to prey on elderly and inexperienced internet users, and urged the public to verify identities and report suspicious activity via the national cyber-crime helpline 1930.