Hyderabad: Hyderabad mein ek aur bara crypto scam samne aaya hai. Police ne NextBit naam ki crypto trading app chalane wale Himanshu ko giraftar kar liya. Yeh case Telangana mein barhte crypto scams ki sangini ko ujagar karta hai. Police kehti hai ke Himanshu logon ko jhoothe wadaon se fasa raha tha aur tezi se munafa ka lalach de raha tha.
Police operation aur shikayatein
Rachakonda police ke mutabiq, Himanshu ko ek hotel mein us waqt hirasat mein liya gaya jab woh apni app ki marketing kar raha tha. Medipally Police Station ke zariye shikayat mili thi. Tahqiqat se yeh bhi pata chala ke kuch complainants khud bhi rival apps chala rahe thay aur giraftari ke waqt moqa par mojood thay.
400 investors se 19 crore ka fraud
Police remand report mein kaha gaya ke takreeban 400 log is scheme ka nishana bane. Unka kul nuksan 19 crore rupaye ke kareeb hai. Investors ko 5–10 afraad ke groups mein divide karke investment ke liye tayar kiya gaya. Unhein yaqeen dilaya gaya ke paisa zameen aur crypto credits mein secure hai. Kai cases mein 20 lakh ki zameen ko 50 lakh dikhakar collateral dikhaya gaya. Victims ke accounts mein digital dollars transfer kar ke munafe ka impression diya gaya. Jab required amount collect ho gayi, to organisers ghayab ho gaye. Kuch logon ke bare mein kaha ja raha hai ke woh mulk se bahar chalay gaye.
Scam ka model aur rivalry
Officials ke mutabiq, yeh scheme purane lottery, betting apps aur online gaming scams jaisi thi. Yeh logon ke aasani se paisa kamane ke jazbe ka faida uthati hai. Halankeh crypto trading illegal nahi hai, magar yeh ek high-risk activity hai jo sirf well-informed logon ke liye munasib hai.
Police sources ne yeh bhi bataya ke Himanshu ki giraftari mein business rivalry bhi shamil thi. Rival app operators jo NextBit ki barhti shohrat se naraaz thay, unhi ne shikayatein zyada aggressively samne laayi. Ab jab NextBit par action liya gaya hai, to dusri apps abhi bhi police action se bach rahi hain.
Kareemnagar scams ka markaz
Investigations ne dikhaya ke Telangana ke former united Kareemnagar region mein crypto frauds zyada active hain. Rajanna Sircilla, Jagtial aur Kareemnagar districts se sabse zyada victims report huay. Is se pehle GBRS scam mein 95 crore aur Meta scam mein 100 crore ka fraud saamne aa chuka hai.
Awaam se appeal
Authorities ne kaha ke regulatory oversight ki kami ke sabab unregistered apps barh rahi hain. Police ne awaam se appeal ki hai ke woh sirf verified digital platforms par hi invest karein. Kisi bhi non-registered app mein paisa daalne se bachna zaroori hai.
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