5 Booked For ₹21.75 Lakh Crypto Investment Fraud In Pune's Saswad
· Free Press Journal
Pune: A woman from Satara district was allegedly cheated of ₹21.75 lakh after being lured into investing in a pre-launch cryptocurrency scheme that promised high returns. The Saswad Police have registered a case of cheating and criminal breach of trust against five accused.
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The complainant, Harshada Amol Murhe, a resident of Shirwal in Satara district, alleged that the accused persuaded her and her family to invest in Trillionaire Company's TLC 2.0 pre-launch crypto coin, claiming investors would receive a 40 per cent bonus in coins, a monthly return of four to five per cent, and profits ranging from double to five times the investment.
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To build trust, the accused initially returned a small portion of the investment. However, they later allegedly failed to repay either the principal amount or the promised returns. When approached for repayment, they reportedly cited a decline in the crypto market and refused to return the money.
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A case has been registered against Shubham Prakash Jagtap, Santosh Katke, Sanket Inamke, Anita Prakash Jagtap (all residents of Saswad), and Kalika Dnyaneshwar Shinde (a resident of Mumbai).