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 …
The Special Investigation Team probing the bitcoin scam is close to identifying a money trail that may finally establish that bitcoins were indeed forcefully stolen, diverted into wallets and encashed. Investigation of several officials posted with the Parappana Agrahara prison where hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki was lodged in and Central Crime Branch and other source-based information, has reportedly given …
The Criminal Investigation Department has initiated an investigation against officers of the Central Crime Branch in connection with the Bitcoin scam case, according to an officer familiar with the development. The CID interrogated prime accused in the bitcoin scam Sri Krishna Ramesh to find out role of CCB officers in the scam. The alleged Bitcoin scam came to light after …
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 …
While high-profile hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki may have been part of an international bitcoin theft chain, the Bengaluru police has done little to recover the cyber-loot. This is what the scant forensic evidence attached to Central Crime Branch’s chargesheet in the drugs case against the 25-year-old, has revealed. As per forensic evidence submitted by both Unocoin and Group Cyber …