Ranchi (Jharkhand): The Cybercrime Branch of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered a case of a large-scale fraud involving cryptocurrency in which Rs 1.33 crore have been embezzled from the account of a person, Naveen Kumar Verma, in Ranchi.
Naveen, a cryptocurrency market investor from the Dhurva area here, has filed a complaint in the cybercrime branch. In his complaint, he said," During the trading of funds, I deposited 1,47,068 US Dollars (approximately Rs 1.20 crore) with the company's chief analyst, Mr Mark, who offered me a three-day contract on the basis of a five per cent commission to increase my deposit by Rs 1.33 crore. After signing the contract, my deposit increased to 1 lakh 95 thousand and twenty-eight U.S. Dollars."
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