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Bitcoin scam: Hacker Sriki, associate Robin get bail
5 months, 3 weeks ago

Bitcoin scam: Hacker Sriki, associate Robin get bail

The Hindu  

First Additional Senior Civil and Judicial Magistrate First Class court in Tumakuru granted conditional bail to hacker Srikrishna Ramesh aka Sriki and his associate Robin Khandelwal on Tuesday in a case registered at New Extension police station in Tumakuru district in 2017. The court granted bail asking the first accused Sriki to pay ₹50,000 in bond with one surety and …

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Bitcoin scam: Karnataka HC strikes down use of stringent crime law against hacker Sriki
6 months ago

Bitcoin scam: Karnataka HC strikes down use of stringent crime law against hacker Sriki

The Hindu  

In a setback to the Special Investigating Team probing the alleged Bitcoin scam, the High Court of Karnataka has declared as illegal the action of invoking the Karnataka Control of Organized Crimes Act, 2000 against the hacker and prime accused Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki in the first case registered in 2017. Pointing out that invoking KCOCA violated a condition prescribed …

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Sriki undergoing treatment, counselling for drug addiction
6 months, 3 weeks ago

Sriki undergoing treatment, counselling for drug addiction

The Hindu  

Hacker Srikrishna Ramesh, aka Sriki, accused in the bitcoin scam and currently lodged at Parappana Agrahara Central Prison Complex, is undergoing treatment for drug addiction. The SIT has invoked the Karnataka Control of Organised Crimes Act, 2000 A source in the Parappana Agrahara Central Prison talking to The Hindu said a psychiatrist is visiting the prison to check on Sriki …

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SIT issues notice to IGP Patil in K’taka Bitcoin scam case
8 months ago

SIT issues notice to IGP Patil in K’taka Bitcoin scam case

Hindustan Times  

The Special Investigation Team probing the Bitcoin scam in Karnataka has issued a notice to inspector general of police Sandeep Patil, who was the head of the Central Crime Branch when the scam took place, and was questioned earlier this year, to provide clarifications on the probe conducted against the hacker during his tenure. On Monday, the son of an …

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Scam accused moved bitcoins into offline wallets, says SIT
11 months, 1 week ago

Scam accused moved bitcoins into offline wallets, says SIT

The Hindu  

Police inspector Prashanth Babu and cybercrime expert Santosh Kumar, arrested by the Special Investigation Team probing the bitcoin scam, allegedly dumped some of the bitcoins in the possession of hacker Srikrishna alias Sriki into three cryptocurrency hardware wallets, a document accessed by The Hindu show. These officers along with the two other accused already arrested, besides keeping Sriki and Robin …

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SIT probing Karnataka Bitcoin scam finds accused to have transferred coins to his associate
11 months, 1 week ago

SIT probing Karnataka Bitcoin scam finds accused to have transferred coins to his associate

The Hindu  

In the bitcoin scam which is being probed by the Special Investigation Team of the Criminal Investigation Department, one of the accused, identified as Santosh Kumar, had allegedly moved coins to his associate to keep them safe. The Central Crime Branch inspectors who were probing several cases filed against hacker Srikrishna Ramesh aka Sriki were allegedly introduced to Kumar by …

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Bengaluru Bitcoin scam: SIT arrests two, including Police Inspector
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Bengaluru Bitcoin scam: SIT arrests two, including Police Inspector

The Hindu  

After six months of investigation into the Bitcoin scam, finally, the Special Investigation Team of the Criminal Investigation Department has arrested two persons, including a Police Inspector. The arrested have been identified as Prashanth Babu, PI, Technical Support Centre, Adugodi and Santosh Kumar K.S., Chief Executive Officer, GCID Technologies Private Limited, HSR Layout. The SIT on Wednesday, January 24, registered …

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Bitcoin scam: Karnataka SIT in touch with 30 foreign exchanges
1 year ago

Bitcoin scam: Karnataka SIT in touch with 30 foreign exchanges

The Hindu  

The Special Investigation Team of the Criminal Investigation Department, which is probing the alleged bitcoin scam, is in touch with over 30 foreign-based bitcoin exchanges in a bid to collect evidence on the movement of cryptocurrencies allegedly moved by hacker Srikrishna Ramesh aka Sriki. Sriki, arrested in a darknet drugs case in 2020 by the Central Crime Branch of Bengaluru …

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CID SIT raids residences, offices of four former CCB officials in bitcoin case
1 year, 3 months ago

CID SIT raids residences, offices of four former CCB officials in bitcoin case

The Hindu  

The Special Investigation Team of the CID probing the bitcoin case, led by ADGP Manish Kharbikar, on Saturday, conducted a series of raids on the houses of Central Crime Branch officials and two people who allegedly fabricated the seized documents and accessed the e-wallets of the prime accused Sriki for personal gain. A team of officials raided nine places belonging …

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Will investigate bitcoin scam if anyone shows evidence: Home Minister
2 years, 3 months ago

Will investigate bitcoin scam if anyone shows evidence: Home Minister

The Hindu  

Home Minister Araga Jnanendra on Thursday said the government would investigate the bitcoin scam if those who had been cheated provided evidence. The scam revolves around a money-laundering case against Srikrishna, 26, who along with his associates has been booked for allegedly stealing ₹11.5 crore from a Karnataka government’s e-procurement portal and for hacking into gaming sites and international cryptocurrency …

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Political Crypto-nite: Understanding The Karnataka Bitcoin Controversy One Byte at A Time
2 years, 9 months ago

Political Crypto-nite: Understanding The Karnataka Bitcoin Controversy One Byte at A Time

News 18  

The bitcoin scam that allegedly involved kickbacks to police and politicians in Karnataka continues to be an albatross around the state government’s neck. On Sunday, the Central Bureau of Investigations issued a media statement clarifying the US law enforcement agency FBI “has not sent any team to India for conducting a probe in the matter nor has any request been …

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