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The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has seized cryptocurrency worth over $930,000 from the accused, who is based in Ahmedabad...
The accused is alleged to have posed as "James Carlson" from the fraud department of Amazon and contacted the US citizen via email..
"It was also alleged that the accused induced the victim to withdraw cash from his bank accounts and deposit the same in Bitcoin in the RockitCoin ATM Wallet, and also shared a QR code falsely informing him (the victim) that the same was opened by the US Treasury for him," PTI quoted Central Bureau of Investigation's (CBI) spokesperson as saying...
"In pursuance of the said inducement, the victim allegedly withdrew an amount of $130,000 from his bank accounts on different dates during the period August 30, 2022, to September 9, 2022, and deposited the same in the Bitcoin address provided by the accused," PTI quoted the official as saying...
"Searches were conducted at the premises of the accused in Ahmedabad which led to the recovery and seizure of cryptocurrencies viz, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, USDT, etc. worth $939,000 (approximately) from the crypto wallets of the accused, and incriminating material," the spokesperson said...
