A day after arresting the mastermind of cryptocurrency scam Amit Bharadwaj, the cyber cell of Pune police have booked his six partners including his family members in connection with the case on Friday. According to police, the money collected through online transaction through Bharadwaj's Gain bitcoin company were distributed on the accounts of these partners. 

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According to the police officials of cyber cell of Pune police, there were seven partners including Amit who were termed as 'seven stars' of the company. These partners include Amit's father Mahendra Kumar, brother Ajit and Vivek Kumar who have been arrested along with Amit from Delhi. Apart from these family members, there were three more partners identified as Ashish Dabas, Manu Sharma, and Rupesh Singh. "These seven partners including Amit got the maximum money from the investors who invested in the bitcoin scam," the police officer said. Now after the arrest of Amit, police are now getting details of these bank accounts and the online transactions they have performed. 

 The multi-crore cryptocurrency scam which is reportedly in the range of Rs 2,000 crore was uncovered after the arrest of Amit Bharadwaj by the team of Pune police. Before arresting Amit, Pune police had already registered three cases in the multi-level marketing scam. Out of these three cases, two are registered with Nigdi police station and one is registered in the Dattawadi police station. 

 Pune police have already formed a Special Investigating Team (SIT) to investigate the multi-crore scam.