The Dark Side of India's Digital Boom: Economic Offences in Bengaluru The numbers are stark. Over the past three years (2022 2024), at least one economic offence occurred every 2. 5 hours in Bengaluru.
This translates to more than 10 cases per day, with forgery, cheating, and fraud accounting for an astonishing 93% of these crimes. These figures are not unique to Bengaluru.
In 2024, Karnataka as a whole saw over 7,800 economic offences, with cheating and fraud dominating the state's crime landscape.