Updated Jan 01, 2021 | 20:49 IST The accused opened his office in Connaught Place area in November 2017 and operated like chit fund scheme. The case was registered on receipt of complaints from one Joginder Kumar and others.  |  Photo Credit: iStock Images New Delhi: A 60-year-old person has been arrested for allegedly heading a racket that had swindled at least ₹2.5 crore from some 45 people under the garb of being a cryptocurrency promoter. The accused, Umesh Verma, a greeting cards maker and jeweller, was arrested from Indira Gandhi International Airport by Economic Offences Wing of Delhi Police on arrival from Dubai, after he failed to give justification about the cryptocurrency launched by him.