Cyber crime in Visakhapatnam remains high but this fell by 60 per cent compared to previous two years from January 1 to August 31 this year.
Stating this, the police cyber wing officials said as high as `45 crore was defrauded compared to `121 crore in 2025 and `104 in 2024. It was a mere `29 crore in 2023.
The department also recovered `32 crore from accounts of the criminals this year. Several proactive measures were taken by the city police to reduce crime rate, claimed commissioner Sankabrata Bagchi.
“We have produced more than 25 short films and videos using film stars and prominent personalities, by spending `30 lakh and screened these in movie halls and public places. These films are shown all over AP, Telangana and some parts of the country,’’ said inspector of cyber wing K Bhavani Prasad.
He said an amount of `32 crore was recovered from criminals this year and last year, with the cooperation of the courts. The recovery has been the” highest” in the state.
Sources said around 140 FIRs, based on more than 1,000 complaints, were registered with the cybercrime police station from parts of Vizag city between January and August in 2026. Cyber police said one FIR was a combination of 8 to 20 similar types of cybercrime complaints, explaining the gap between complaints and FIRs.
Most of the financial cyber frauds have been operating from Southeast Asia. The authorities noted that the rate of stolen property recovery in such financial cyber fraud cases remained extremely low due.
In August this year, more than 30 youngsters from parts of Vizag city were cheated of over `60 lakh in an online investment fraud after being lured into a fake online IPO and stock trading scheme that was promoted through social networking platforms.
The police said that working professionals (software professionals and marketing executives and a few others) aged between 30 and 45 years fell victim to investment scams for quick returns while senior citizens faced an increasing threat from digital arrest scams.
Commissioner Bagchi cautioned the public on suspicious calls, investment offers, and unknown digital links. He said investment frauds, task-based frauds, digital arrest frauds, loan app harassment, social media impersonation and cryptocurrency-related laundering continued to be major cyber threats in parts of the Vizag city.
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