In July 2017, a co-founder of crypto firm Unocoin Technologies had filed a complaint with Karnataka Police stating that 60.6 Bitcoins were stolen by hackers on June 23, 2017.
The SIT has alleged that police officers allowed private cyber expert Santhosh Kumar – who was arrested on January 24 this year and later released on bail – to take control of the crypto wallet of an accountant/associate of hacker Sriki while they were in police custody
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