According to India Today, the Indian Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two suspects in connection with a BitConnect cryptocurrency scam case involving charges of kidnapping, Bitcoin extortion, and money laundering. The ED stated that the arrested individuals, Nikunj Pravinbhai Bhatt and Sanjay Kotadia, are suspected of being involved in a kidnapping and extortion case related to BitConnect, where the victim was forced to surrender 2,254 Bitcoins, 11,000 Litecoins, and approximately 1.45 billion rupees in cash. The investigation revealed that some of the extorted Bitcoin was later converted into ETH and USDT and transferred through multiple wallets. The ED has frozen and seized assets worth approximately 1.9 billion rupees, including cryptocurrencies, stocks, and cash; to date, the total seized or frozen assets in this case amount to about 217 billion rupees, and the investigation is ongoing.
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Indonesian law enforcement arrests two suspects related to BitConnect, involved in kidnapping and Bitcoin extortion cases
According to India Today, the Indian Enforcement Directorate (ED) has arrested two suspects in connection with a BitConnect cryptocurrency scam case involving charges of kidnapping, Bitcoin extortion, and money laundering. The ED stated that the arrested individuals, Nikunj Pravinbhai Bhatt and Sanjay Kotadia, are suspected of being involved in a kidnapping and extortion case related to BitConnect, where the victim was forced to surrender 2,254 Bitcoins, 11,000 Litecoins, and approximately 1.45 billion rupees in cash. The investigation revealed that some of the extorted Bitcoin was later converted into ETH and USDT and transferred through multiple wallets. The ED has frozen and seized assets worth approximately 1.9 billion rupees, including cryptocurrencies, stocks, and cash; to date, the total seized or frozen assets in this case amount to about 217 billion rupees, and the investigation is ongoing.