White-collar crimes up by 108% - Hindustan Times:
With street crime, especially snatching and motor vehicle theft, relatively down compared to 2010, the year 2011 truly belonged to the faceless white-collar criminals.
With street crime, especially snatching and motor vehicle theft, relatively down compared to 2010, the year 2011 truly belonged to the faceless white-collar criminals.
The number of such criminals arrested by the crime branch this year saw a massive increase —108 percent--148 people were arrested for
dabbling in white-collar crime as opposed to just 71 in 2010.
“In all, around 20 organised white-collar rackets were busted
last year and cash and valuables, amounting to R4.5 crore, thousands of mobile
phones used in the commission of criminal activity and three dozen vehicles
were recovered,” said a senior police officer.
“In all, around 20 organised white-collar rackets were busted
last year and cash and valuables, amounting to R4.5 crore, thousands of mobile
phones used in the commission of criminal activity and three dozen vehicles
were recovered,” said a senior police officer.
The list includes perpetrators of lottery fraud, fake
recruitment racketeers, ATM fraudsters, travel agents, property dealers, agents
promising fake court affidavits and death certificates as well as both men and
women operating fake friendship clubs.
Meanwhile, the Economic Offences Wing (EoW) of the Delhi
Police arrested more than 163 criminals in 1,358 cases ranging from those of
land grabbing to fake job rackets and attached property valued at amounts
estimated to be between Rs 350 to Rs 500 crore.
“This year, we focussed more on individual cases as opposed
to those in which several persons were victimised. We got more manpower,” said
Vivek Gogia, joint CP (EoW). 
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