{"id":986399,"date":"2026-01-19T12:28:28","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T06:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=986399"},"modified":"2026-01-19T12:57:26","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T07:27:26","slug":"crypto-fraud-reports-in-india-surge-in-3-years-as-clues-point-to-cybercrime-transactions-spurt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/01\/19\/crypto-fraud-reports-in-india-surge-in-3-years-as-clues-point-to-cybercrime-transactions-spurt\/","title":{"rendered":"Crypto fraud reports in India surge in 3 years as clues point to cybercrime transactions spurt"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fraudulent and suspicious transactions among India\u2019s cryptocurrency users have surged from a mere 1,343 reported instances in 2023-24 financial year to 11,720 in the first eight months of the current fiscal 773% , with 82% involving Indians aged 20-40, according to government a report seen by HT.<\/p>\n<p>The explosive growth in dubious activity comes as India\u2019s cryptocurrency market has expanded rapidly despite persistent regulatory concerns. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fraudulent and suspicious transactions among India\u2019s cryptocurrency users have surged from a mere 1,343 reported instances in 2023-24 financial year to 11,720 in the first eight months of the current fiscal 773% , with 82% involving Indians aged 20-40, according to government a report seen by HT. The explosive growth in dubious activity comes as India\u2019s cryptocurrency market has expanded rapidly despite persistent regulatory concerns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,51,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-986399","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hindustantimes","category-it-2-hindustantimes","category-newspapers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986399","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=986399"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/986399\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=986399"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=986399"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=986399"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}