Indian Police Want Bitconnect Founder for Swindling Crypto Investors

Police in India have been investigating Bitconnect after they booked its founder for defrauding a Bitcoin investor through the worldwide cryptocurrency “Ponzi scheme.” Authorities in the United States claim that the scheme generated a market value of $3.4 billion at its peak. According to reports, investors gave the entrepreneur and his accomplices $2.4 billion. Founder Satish Kumbhani Wanted The Indian authorities are searching for the developer of Bitconnect, one of the most infamous dubious cryptocurrency investment schemes, in Pune, Maharashtra after the United States accused him of misleading investors. Upon receiving a local attorney’s FIR on Tuesday, the Pune Police booked the founder Satish Kumbhani and opened an investigation into his multi-million dollar cryptocurrency fraud. The scam also involved six other participants. In the FIR, the attorney claimed that he had been duped out of about 220 Bitcoins. The Indian police are now searching for the culprits, but no one has been taken into custody. In addition, they are investigating whether the same individuals have taken advantage of more investors. Bitconnect Loan Scheme And Kumbhani Misled Investors The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is already looking into the Indian national. In February, the US charged Kumbhani for his founding role in the deceptive cryptocurrency scam. The US US Department of Justice (DOJ) labeled Bitconnect as a “global Ponzi scam” and s...