A registry of suspects launched in 2024 helped banks and financial institutions "decline" transactions worth more than ₹ 8,000 crore suspected to be involved in cyber crimes, identified over 18 lakh doubtful persons and flagged 24.67 lakh mule accounts, the government informed Parliament on Tuesday, December 9.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Bandi Sanjay Kumar in a written reply told Lok Sabha that the "suspect registry of identifiers of cyber criminals has been launched by I4C (Indian cyber crime coordination centre) on 10.09.2024 in collaboration with banks and financial Institutions." He was asked about the government’s detailed strategy to curb cyber crimes.

"So far, more than 18.43 lakh suspect identifier data received from banks and 24.67 lakh Layer 1 mule accounts have been

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