A man from Mumbai has been duped of ₹ 1.57 crore in a cryptocurrency investment scam. The 36-year-old, a resident of a resident of Napean Sea in Mumbai's upscale Malabar Hill area, has now accused a website of trapping him into investing in cryptocurrency mining schemes. The accused said that a fake website trapped him in the investment scheme. The case has been registered at the Malabar Hill police station.
According to a report in the Hindustan Times, the complainant befriended the accused online in October 2021. The accused began contacting him about cryptocurrency mining after a few days. The accused told the complainant that by investing in cryptocurrency mining hardware through the website ‘USD Miner' he could make a lot of money.
The accused also told him about a number of strategies he might utilise to make money. The complainant was interested in the idea and chose to invest. The complainant continued to invest more and more money on the accused person's instructions as profit was credited to his virtual wallet. According to a police officer, the complainant has invested 2.83 lakh Australian dollars (about ₹ 1.53 crore) since October 2021.
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