New Delhi: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has carried out large raids in more than 60 places linked to the main accused, their partners and entities suspected of laundering the crime product across the country within the framework of its investigation on the Cryptocurrency Gainbitcoin Screal case, officials announced on Tuesday.
The coordinated raids are underway in major cities, notably Delhi-NCR, Pune, Chandigarh, Nanded, Kolhapur, Bengaluru and other places, targeting the premises linked to the key accused.
Given the vast scale and complexity of the scam, the FIRs have been recorded in various states, including Jammu-et-Cachemire, Punjab, Chandigarh, Delhi, Western Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Karnataka And the Maharashtra and were then transferred to the CBI by the SC, the officials said.
A senior CBI official said: “The agency has taken over the business and conducted an omnibus and a complete investigation to discover the full extent of the fraud, identify all the accused parties and retrace the diverted funds, including transactions international. “
“Digital evidence and incriminating digital devices have been entered. The evidence present in emails / clouds have also been entered. The CBI remains determined to ensure an in-depth and impartial investigation and to court the perpetrators of this massive cryptocurrency fraud, “said the official.
A CBI official said Gainbitcoin was an alleged Ponzi program launched in 2015 by Amit Bhardwaj (deceased), with Ajay Bhardwaj and their network of agents.
The diagram worked via several websites under the facade of a company called VariableTech PTE. Ltd. The program attracted investors with promising lucrative yields of 10% per month in Bitcoin for 18 months, officials said.
