2 men lure bank employee to invest in Bitcoin and dupe him; arrested

DCP (North) Sagar Singh Kalsi said police received a complaint from the wealth manager of a reputed bank, a resident of Sarai Rohilla, who stated that last September, an unknown person messaged him through an Instagram ID and proposed that he invest money in Bitcoin. “The complainant got trapped in the inducement and transferred Rs 90,000 through his bank account on the assurance that he would get Rs 2,50,000 in three hours,” said the DCP.

Police added that when the complainant did not get the money, he asked the accused to return it, on which the accused asked him to invest more money and download a ‘crypto app’ for getting high returns. “He gave him a link to install the app, but the complainant got suspicious and lodged a complaint,” said police.

Investigation of the money trail led police to the bank account of a jeweller in Rohini in which the swindled amount was credited. “On enquiry, it was revealed that one Jatin Kumar Dhall, a class XII graduate, transferred the amount against the purchase of jewellery,” said DCP Kalsi.

Dhall’s location was traced and he was arrested. During questioning, he revealed that he and his accomplice, Anshul Arora, a B.Com graduate, had allegedly been cheating people on the pretext of Bitcoin investment.
A raid was conducted and Arora was arrested from Greater Noida. Police said he burnt his phone in a bid to destroy evidence. The phone has been sent to FSL. Both the accused used to operate the cheating racket, the DCP said.