‘We are from the CBI, we’ve received an illegal parcel containing drugs in your name.’ Have you also received this call? A similar call was received by Shailendra Raj Mehta,  the president of MICA Institute, in March 2024 which ended up costing him ₹1.5 lakh.

The Ahmedabad cybercrime has nabbed two accused from Surat involved in this scam on May 29. 

During their interrogation, the accused claimed to have converted Mehta’s money into cryptocurrency and sent it to China. 

Around 610 complaints have been registered across the country against one accused, Viren Asodia, who has 51 bank accounts in his name. 

Earlier, 14 accused were arrested in this case.

Ahmedabad cyber ​crime Deputy Commissioner of Police Lavinia Sinha revealed, “Banking transactions revealed that ransom amounts were sent to Viren Asodia of Surat. Contact details of nine people from China were revealed through the Binance application by Asodia.”

It was also revealed that Surat’s Pradeep Mania was allegedly involved in crypto transactions worth ₹700 crore with the help of applications including Binance, BitApp, and Tronlink from 2018 till now. A total of 51 bogus accounts were found from Asodia, against which 610 complaints were registered across India.

The Ahmedabad cybercrime is investigating the case with central government agencies.

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