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A special investigation team led by additional director general of police Manish Karbikar questioned senior IPS officer Sandeep Patil on Wednesday in connection with the Bitcoin scam. The bitcoins were initially seized from the prime suspects in the Bitcoin scam A few deputy commissioners of police and 10 assistant commissioner of police have also been questioned regarding the Bitcoin scam. …

SIT records statement of IPS officer Sandeep Patil in Bitcoin scam

The Special Investigation Team of the Criminal Investigation Department probing the alleged bitcoin scam recorded the statement of IPS officer Sandeep Patil, IGP, Karnataka State Reserve Police, on Wednesday. The SIT had earlier booked four police inspectors who were part of investigations of multiple cases involving hacker Sriki and his associate Robin Kandelwala. According to the remand application submitted by …

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 …

As the Special Investigation Team of the Criminal Investigation Department probing the bitcoin scam arrested two persons, including a Police Inspector, and booked three other inspectors who served in the Central Crime Branch, the FIR revealed that the SIT has found irregularities in the investigation done by police officers on two cases filed in 2020 — one in K.G. The …

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

Karnataka CID launches probe against CCB officers in bitcoin scam case

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 …

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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 …