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Indian law enforcement agencies uncover cryptocurrency scam network, with money laundering traced back to 2015
PANews December 24 News, India's Enforcement Directorate (ED) raided a total of 21 residential and office locations across Karnataka, Maharashtra, and New Delhi in a money laundering investigation, uncovering a counterfeit crypto investment platform network. The gang has been operating since 2015, using celebrity portraits and fake trading websites to promise high returns, attracting investors from India and overseas, and laundering funds through crypto wallets, P2P transfers, shell companies, and underground banks. Currently involved websites include goldbooker.com, cryptobrite.com, and others. Authorities have issued investment risk warnings.
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