bitcoin fraud

Karnataka police registered 75 cases related to bitcoin fraud between January 2018 and August 2022. Bengaluru alone accounted for 71 of them.

The Special Operations Group (SOG) arrested two persons, including a woman from Jaipur, for Bitcoin trading fraud. The complainant had registered a case against the two accused on February 5 following which an investigation was initiated.

After a whirlwind day, Raj Kundra and his wife Shilpa Shetty celebrated his release on bail from a high-profile Bitcoin money laundering scandal with a cozy dinner in Mumbai. The couple, brimming with relief, made a stylish exit in a red convertible, displaying their unwavering trust in the legal system.

The Karnataka government in a response to a question raised by Congress MLC U B Venkatesh has said that it has registered as many as 11 cases related to bitcoin fraud, which includes even two cases related to hacker Srikrishna and the Bitcoin scam.

The district administration’s plan to set up localised isolation centres in residential areas in association with residents’ welfare associations (RWAs) has been met with resistance by the residents. Residents of Gurugram 21 (G21) Vatika India Next in Sector 83 have written to the deputy commissioner against the establishment of an isolation centre in the society’s EWS flats.

A special court (MPID) Act on Tuesday rejected the bail applications of six accused who are facing trial for their involvement in the Gain Bitcoin cryptocurrency fraud case registered by the Dattawadi police.

In what is likely to be the first case involving cryptocurrency fraud in the state, Nayapalli Police on Monday arrested two men for duping several others by taking money from them on the pretext of buying Bitcoins.

Youngsters from parts of Vizag city have reportedly lost crores of rupees to cybercrooks who convinced them to invest and trade in cryptocurrencies like bitcoin.

Raj Kundra appeared before a Mumbai court after being summoned in a money laundering case linked to the GainBitcoin scam. The ED accused him of acquiring 285 Bitcoins worth Rs 150 crore. Dressed casually, he greeted paparazzi with a smile and denied all ₹60 crore fraud allegations involving him and Shilpa Shetty.

Two Indian-origin Canadian nationals, Karanjit Singh Khatkar, 23, and Jagroop Singh Khatkar, 24, have been charged on various counts in a bitcoin fraud case where they used social media platform Twitter to transfer hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of virtual money in their accounts.

The alankar police on Thursday registered an offence against a man and his wife for duping a 37-year-old Paud Road resident of Rs55 lakhs on the promise of handsome returns on her investment in their financial services firm.

Shilpa Shetty and Raj Kundra challenge ED's eviction notices at Bombay High Court, arguing they're illegal and arbitrary. The notices relate to a money-laundering case but neither are accused. They seek to stay the eviction from their longtime Juhu residence and Pune farmhouse.

An assistant manager with a life insurance company, has been defrauded of Rs 1.6 lakh by a cyber fraudster who had hacked his friend's Instagram account and out up a Bitcoin investment post in June.

The Karnataka police registered 11 cases related to cryptocurrency fraud in the past three years and this includes two involving hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki.