Delhi police are reportedly investigating a cryptocurrency exchange and its executives allegedly duping Indian investors after receiving multiple complaints. The complainants further say the company has moved office overseas without returning their investments.
Police Investigate Crypto Scam After Multiple Complaints
Forty-three people have filed complaints with the Delhi Police regarding a cryptocurrency investment scheme based out of Connaught Place, a financial hub in New Delhi, local news outlet Millennium Post reported this week.
The Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police subsequently launched an investigation into Pluto Exchange and seven of its executives, whom investors have identified as being behind the scheme.
According to the police, one of the suspects told a complainant, Joginder Kumar, about his crypto trading and mining business operating under the name “f2poolminin,” and a cryptocurrency he and another suspect had launched. He urged Kumar to invest in the cryptocurrency, assuring him that it had a fixed return of about 20% to 30% per month. “[He] told me that if he brought more clients to his company he will give me a commission,” the publication also quoted Kumar as saying.
After investing Rs 5 lakh ($6,780) but never received any payouts he was promised, Kumar took the matter to an official of Pluto Exchange. However, he was told that due to the falling price of bitcoin and the size of his account, the company was unable to pay him through its bank. Kumar was told to wait a few more months. However, after waiting a long time, he was still not paid anything.
Kumar then went to the exchange’s office near Connaught Place and discovered that it has moved from India to Dubai. “I found that [there are] lots of people like me who invested their money in the company.
