Hyderabad: Enforcement Directorate (ED) ne ek bade crypto cyber fraud racket par crackdown karte hue ₹260 crore ke money laundering scam ka pata lagaya hai. Is network ne cryptocurrency aur hawala ke zariye illegal paise ko UAE tak bhejne ka system develop kiya tha.
ED ne Delhi, Noida, Gurugram, aur Dehradun mein 11 jagahon par raids ki aur multiple digital devices aur financial records seize kiye. Investigators ke mutabiq, yeh racket logon ko dhamka kar ya impersonation ke zariye unse paise nikalwata tha. Scammers khud ko police ya investigation officers batakar logon ko dara kar paisa transfer karwate the. Kuch cases mein woh Microsoft ya Amazon jaise global tech firms ke representatives ban kar bhi victims ko gumrah karte the.
ED ne pata lagaya ke extorted paisa pehle cryptocurrency—zyadatar Bitcoin—mein convert kiya gaya. Uske baad ye assets Tether (USDT) stablecoin mein convert karke alag-alag crypto wallets mein store kiye gaye. Phir hawala operators ke zariye ye crypto UAE ke cash handlers tak pahunchaya gaya.
CBI aur Delhi Police ne is racket ke khilaf pehle hi kai FIRs file ki hui hain. ED ki preliminary findings ke mutabiq, ye laundering operation deliberately crypto platforms ka misuse kar raha tha taake financial scrutiny se bacha ja sake.
ED ab is digital fund trail ko trace karne aur is poore crypto cyber fraud network ko dismantle karne mein laga hua hai.
