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Congress says BJP leaders behind Rs 5000 crore 'bitcoin scam' in Gujarat
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The Congress party on Thursday slammed the BJP, saying that the saffron party has become a platform for 'black money conversion', 'extortion' and 'hawala transaction'.
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NEW DELHI: The Congress party on Thursday slammed the BJP, saying that the saffron party has become a platform for 'black money conversion', 'extortion' and 'hawala transaction' and demanded a Supreme Court monitored Judicial investigation on the alleged 'Bitcoin scam' in Gujarat.
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Addressing mediapersons here, Congress spokesperson Shaktisinh Gohil alleged that the finger of suspicion of this alleged scam of illegal cryptocurrency directly points to several BJP leaders and the 'mastermind', former MLA Nalin Kotadiva, who Mr Gohil claimed is 'absconding'.
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"The modus operandi of this scam is multi layered and is like a Pandora's Box" whereby illegal 'hawala transactions', 'kidnappings', 'extortion of cryptocurrency' using CBI, Police and Government authorities at the behest of top BJP leaders in Gujarat is a norm", he alleged.
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Mr Gohil also claimed that amount of this 'mega Bitcoin scam' has been estimated by the Gujarat CID as more than Rs 5000 crore, although many news reports are indicated that the amount of the scam would be Rs 88,000 crores.
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Narrating the developments in the case, Mr Gohil said that the details of the scam has surfaced when one Shailesh Bhatt complained to Gujarat's Minister of State for Home, Pradeepsinh Jadeja against the Amreli district police that they have extorted 200 bitcoins (Rs 10 Crore) and demanded Rs 32 crores in cash.
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According to Mr Gohil, the Gujarat CID arrested Amreli Police SP Jagdish Patel, Inspector Anant Patel and 10 constables in this case, and he claimed that the CID has discovered the mastermind of the scam was Mr Nalin Kotadiya.
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"Even as the Police and CID searched the whereabouts of the mastermind Nalin Kotadiya, he is now absconding but a video of him saying that if he is arrested, then he will reveal damning evidences which would expose top BJP leaders in the state - who were converting 'black money' to 'white' during demonetisation", Mr Gohil alleged.
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The Congress leader claimed that Shailesh Bhatt kidnapped one Piyush Savalia who was associated with Bitconnect on January 30 released two days later.
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"Mr Bhatt then kidnapped Dhaval Mavani who was able to transfer 2256 bitcoins worth Rs 131 crores to Mr Bhatt securing his release.Mr Bhatt secured another Rs 10 crores worth bitcoins before being stung by Amreli Police", said, Mr Gohil.
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However, Mr Gohil alleged the Gujarat CID is trying to pressurise the witnesses of this case for political reasons.
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"Surprisingly, a second complaint filed by the CID crime, wherein the main accused is now Mr Bhatt, who was sufferer in the initial case.
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Instead of making him the complainant in the first case, the CID at the behest of MoS Home, made the police 'the complainant'", alleged Mr Gohil.
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Mr Gohil asked at whose behest the Amreli Police extorted bitcoins and money through middlemen from investors and why did the investigation agencies not make Mr Bhatt, as a 'complainant' in the FIR that was filed in the first case? "The complainant has himself stated in his statement that a CBI Inspector extorted Rs 5 Crore from him to not initiate any action.
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Why is he has not been made an accused but only transferred from Gujarat to North East?", asked Mr Gohil.
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He also demanded to investigate "whether the demonetisaion used to cover to convert 'black money to 'white' by BJP leaders in Gujarat and dupe investigators through multiple extortion of illicit money".
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Crypto Scam: Head of BitConnect India Arrested at Delhi Airport - CoinJournal
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Home Latest Cryptocurrency News Crypto Scam: Head of BitConnect India Arrested at Delhi Airport
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Crypto Scam: Head of BitConnect India Arrested at Delhi Airport
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Divyesh Darji, the head of BitConnect India and the alleged kingpin of a cryptocurrency scam that duped investors out of billions of dollars, was arrested on Saturday by the Gujarat Criminal Investigation Department (CID) at the Delhi airport.
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Inspector P G Narwade of CID crime of the Gujarat police said Darji was living in Dubai prior to the arrest. A look-out circular was issued against him. He was apprehended while on his way from the UAE city to Ahmedabad, India after the immigration department alerted the police.
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Darji was one of the promoters of the BitConnect Ponzi scheme, along with Satish Kumbhani, Dhavl Mavani, Mahendra Chaudhari, and Suresh Gorasiya. The team allegedly siphoned off about US$12 billion from naive investors. Many high-profile names, including politicians, are also accused in the scam. Most of the promoters of this scheme fled abroad after the Gujarat police’s CID crime started the investigation.
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“The company came into existence in 2016, and in 2017, it launched the BitConnect tokens. It remained active till January this year. It released 28 million BitConnect tokens, out of which 18 million tokens were sold to investors,” Narwade said, as quoted by the Financial Express. “The accused held seminars, events in India and other countries promising high interest on investment in BitConnect tokens.”
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Ashish Bhatia, the director general of police (DGP) of CID crime of the Gujarat police, said the company was registered in the UK and had an office in Surat. It lured investors with 60% monthly interest and incentives in the form of “referrals interest.”
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The scam came to light in India after deceived BitConnect investor Shailesh Bahtt allegedly extorted cryptocurrencies and cash worth over Rs 155 crore (US$22 million) at gunpoint from Dhaval Mavani and Piyush Savaliya of BitConnect. Later, Bhatt and his business partner were allegedly kidnapped by policemen and extorted cryptocurrencies worth Rs 9 crore (US$1.2 million).
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BitConnect, touted itself as a “self-regulating financial system,” used buzzwords and celebrities to lure investors to participate. These would “lend” funds in bitcoin to finance various projects. The funds would then be converted to BitConnect tokens.
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BitConnect tokens were worth more than US$435 each in January, before plummeting to less than US$5 a month a later.
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Trade Satoshi is the last cryptocurrency exchange platform that still trades BitConnect tokens. It plans to delist it in September.
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BitConnect shut down on January 16th 2018.
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The arrest of Darji comes just a few months after self-proclaimed “cryptocurrency guru and visionary,” Amit Bhardwaj was arrested for scamming investors out of Rs 2,000 crore (US$307 million).
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Bhardwaj, who was on the run for almost a year, was arrested at the Bangkok airport on April 4th and later brought to Pune to face trial.
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