The Special Investigation Team of the Criminal Investigation Department recorded the statement of a murder convict in Hindalga prison in Belagavi on July 9 in connection with the bitcoin scam. The convict, Nagendra, had written to the SIT chief offering to give statement about the scam as he was present during the occurrence of a crime in Parappana Agrahara jail …
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 …
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 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 …
Notorious hacker Srikrishna Ramesh, who was inside a quarantine cell at Parappana Agrahara after he was arrested in 2020, allegedly moved Bitcoins worth ₹10 crore to different wallets using a laptop that was smuggled into the prison, unleashing the Bitcoin scam. According to highly-placed sources privy to the Special Investigation Team of the Criminal Investigation Department, a constable was allegedly …
