The four former crime branch officers accused in the SIT FIR into the Karnataka Bitcoin scam are Poojar, inspectors Prashanth Babu, Chandradhar S R and Lakshmikanthaiah and private cyber expert K S Santhosh Kumar who assisted the probe in 2020.
Hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki used Bitcoin as a lure to cheat a city-based pediatrician Dr Yashoda Devi, documents show. After convincing the doctor to invest in cryptocurrency through her elder son Raunak Patil - whom Sriki was friends with - the hacker made away with Rs 28 lakh for which he had promised huge returns. Although the cheating incident occurred in August
Hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki maintained a low profile and did not use mobile phones or a bank account. To benefit from his illicit gains, he employed the services of his friend Robin Khandelwal, according to the investigation carried out by CCB. In the charge sheet filed before the first additional chief metropolitan magistrate court, bitcoins and other currencies