New Delhi, April 8 -- In one of the largest coordinated operations against cybercrime in recent years, Delhi Police have dealt a significant blow to online fraudsters operating from the national capital under a city-wide crackdown named Operation CyHawk.

As per the release, conceived and directed by Commissioner of Police Satish Golchha, IPS, the operation marked a decisive shift from reactive measures to dismantling the entire cybercrime ecosystem. The month-long intelligence gathering and planning phase received strong backing from the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) under the Ministry of Home Affairs.

The raids primarily targeted the financial backbone of cyber fraud syndicates -- mule bank accounts used to move stolen f...