Kingpin of Rs 2.5 cr Delhi cryptocurrency racket held ANI | Updated: Jan 01, 2021 16:45 IST New Delhi [India], January 1 (ANI): A 60-year-old person has been arrested for allegedly heading a racket that had swindled at least Rs 2.5 crores 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. "Complainants alleged that the accused Umesh Verma, along with his son Bharat Verma and others had induced them to invest in the scheme of cryptocurrency being operated by them under the name and style of 'Pluto Exchange'. They assured the complainants for fixed return between 20 per cent to 30 per cent per month on their investment in the Pluto Exchange Crypto Currency," the police said.