On Tuesday, Pune Police booked Satish Kumbhani, founder & owner of BitConnect, an investment platform, for allegedly duping Pune-based lawyer in a multi-core scam.
A lawyer based in Kondhwa Budruk lodged a complaint at cybercrime police station on Tuesday, Police said.
In 2016, the lawyer has invested ₹49 lakh in 54 bitcoins & the accused assured him returns of 166 bitcoins. However, he was allegedly made to reinvest into various Ponzi schemes, according to police officials
In FIR the complainant said that the accused & his 6 allies duped him for 220 bitcoins of worth ₹42 crores.
Senior police inspector DS Hake said that Kumbhani & his allies were running virtual currency scheme through which they allegedly mislead investors.
In another case, Nigdi police have booked an unknown person for duping a resident of ₹13.67 lakh.
As per complaint filed by the Rakesh Ishwar Lohar, a resident of Yamunanagar Nigdi, the accused lured him to invest in bitcoins. The complainant was told to invest in Bitcoin for high returns.
As per suggestion given by the accused, on April 8, Lohar downloaded Bycoin app opn his mobile & paid ₹13.67 lakh to the accused. However, Lohar has not received any returns & hence he lodged complaint on August 15 at Nigdi police station.
In both cases police has registered case under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) & further investigation is going on.
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