A convict at the Hindalga prison in Belagavi has written to the Special Investigation Team probing the Bitcoin scam, requesting it to investigate a senior official for allegedly transferring bitcoins from hacker Srikrishna Ramesh aka Sriki and allegedly collecting gold bars. The letter, written on June 11, accessed by The Hindu, shows that the convict, identified as Nagendra, addressed it …
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 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 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 …
