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 …
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 …
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 …
The High Court of Karnataka, after hearing three petitions seeking the quashing of two FIRs and a proclamation order, has directed Shridhar K. Pujar, a DySP rank police officer accused in the Bitcoin scam, to appear before the investigating officer on May 8 at 9 a.m. The order, passed on May 2, also said, “In view of the fact that …
The Special Investigation Team of the Criminal Investigation Department probing the bitcoin scam has issued a notice to the Prison and Correctional Services Department seeking multiple details. According to sources, in a letter sent to the department, the SIT has sought details about hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki’s stay in the Bengaluru Central Prison. In the notice issued to the …
A few days ago, India Today had published a Bitcoin scam accused Srikrishna Ramesh AKA Sriki’s tell-all statement to the Bengaluru Police. READ: No Bitcoin scam, says BJP; Bengaluru Police denies foul play in investigation It was in 2018 when Sriki was involved with Nalapad in a pub brawl case but no action was taken against him. MOHAMMED NALAPAD IS …