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The government has authorized the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) to share and receive information from the Enforcement Bureau under Anti-Money Laundering Laws, a move aimed at detecting currency trails and combating cyber fraud.
In the notice on April 25, the tax department of the Ministry of Finance included I4C in accordance with Article 66 of the Money Laundering Act. This will help I4C share and receive information from the Enforcement Bureau and other law enforcement agencies. This will help identify the mastermind behind cyber fraud.
In the growing situation of cyber fraud against ordinary people, this information sharing will help identify the mastermind behind such fraud, which are mainly transnational.
This online fraud is done through fake websites, deceptive social media pages, and paid ads on search engines. Such fraudsters also resort to sending OTP or Weblink on their personal phone or email, and when an unsuspecting individual clicks on a link or shares an OTP, his/her phone/computer can be hacked.
The government has urged the public to report such websites to the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal on CyberCrime.gov.in or call 1930 in any fraud.
publishing – April 28, 2025 02:25 AM IST
