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Bitcoin scam accused hacker Srikrishna Ramesh, aka Sriki, allegedly uses ghost protocol to store and transfer Ether as moving into the main blockchain would flag the transfer, according to sources investigating the scam. Sriki and his associate Robin Kandelwala, who were arrested in May in a case registered at New Extension police station in Tumakuru district in 2017, secured bail …

Bitcoin scam: Hacker Sriki, associate Robin get bail

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 …

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

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 …

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 …

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 …

Bitcoin scam: SIT seeks details of hacker Sriki’s stay in Bengaluru Central Prison, officers who were on duty

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 …

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 …

Narcotics & Bitcoins: Was Hacker Sriki Kept Medically 'Drugged' in Custody?

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A right to information activist recently made a startling allegation in connection with the multi-crore Karnataka Bitcoin scam. The RTI activist said senior police officers and leaders encashed Bitcoins that they got as bribes from hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki. A complaint was filed on April 26, 2021 by RTI activist AR Ashok Kumar Adiga with the Additional Commissioner of …

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