Manoj Kumar Laha, 47, who runs a paan shop in Odisha’s Bhadrak district, 120 km from the State capital Bhubaneswar, wondered every day how he could make more than ₹15,000 a month. The crypto token was an alleged facade for an illicit multi-level marketing Ponzi scheme promoted through Solar Techno Alliance, with a ‘turnover’ exceeding ₹1,000 crore in the two …
