FIU-IND and I4C sign MoU to fight cyber fraud and financial crimes
The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) signed an MoU, announced on 9 April 2026, to share information and coordinate against cyber fraud and financial crimes.
Summary
The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) signed a Memorandum of Understanding, announced by the Finance Ministry on 9 April 2026, to improve information sharing and coordination against cyber fraud and financial crimes. It was signed by FIU-IND Director Amit Mohan Govil and I4C Chief Executive Officer Rajesh Kumar. The MoU will help both agencies develop operational information, support investigative agencies in preventing financial crimes and recovering assets, set up feedback mechanisms to improve fraud detection, and issue guidelines and red-flag indicators to financial institutions. FIU-IND is the central national agency that receives, analyses and disseminates information on suspect financial transactions; I4C is an attached office of the Ministry of Home Affairs and runs platforms such as the National Cybercrime Reporting Portal.
Key facts
- Parties
- FIU-IND and I4C
- Signed by
- Amit Mohan Govil (Director, FIU-IND); Rajesh Kumar (CEO, I4C)
- Announced
- 9 April 2026, Ministry of Finance
- Aims
- Information sharing, fraud-detection feedback, red-flag indicators for financial institutions
- I4C
- Attached office of MHA; runs National Cybercrime Reporting Portal
Practice MCQs 2 questions
The Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-IND) signed an MoU announced on 9 April 2026 with which body to combat cyber fraud and financial crimes?
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Correct answer: C — Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C)
The Finance Ministry said FIU-IND and the Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) signed the MoU.
Consider the following statements: 1. The Indian Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (I4C) is an attached office of the Ministry of Finance. 2. FIU-IND is the central national agency for receiving, processing, analysing and disseminating information on suspect financial transactions. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
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Correct answer: B — 2 only
Statement 1 is wrong: I4C is an attached office of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Statement 2 is correct as per the Finance Ministry release.