India’s Biggest Crypto Scam Could Come Up To Rs 1 Trillion

The Enforcement Directorate conducted six raids earlier this month as part of a thorough investigation into the alleged defrauding of over 15,000 investors. India's biggest crypto scam could come up to Rs 1 trillion shifting to a scale that has never been seen before in the nation.

GainBitcoin's cryptocurrency scam, which recently shook the country, turned out to be far larger than originally believed. According to sources, up to a lakh victims may have lost more than Rs 1 trillion as a result of the fraud.

The GainBitcoin fraud may have cost many others from other states their hard-earned money in addition to the 40 FIRs that victims have filed (more than 13 of which were filed in Maharashtra alone), reports The Quint.

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Amit Bhardwaj, the creator who passed away from a cardiac collapse earlier this year, may have amassed between 385,001 and 600,000 Bitcoins, totaling more than Rs 1 trillion.

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