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In July 2017, a co-founder of crypto firm Unocoin Technologies had filed a complaint with Karnataka Police stating that 60.6 Bitcoins were stolen by hackers on June 23, 2017.
The four former crime branch officers accused in the SIT FIR into the Karnataka Bitcoin scam are Poojar, inspectors Prashanth Babu, Chandradhar S R and Lakshmikanthaiah and private cyber expert K S Santhosh Kumar who assisted the probe in 2020.
The SIT is investigating allegations of corruption in the handling of multiple cases against hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki and the seizure of allegedly stolen Bitcoin found in his possession.
A special public prosecutor informed a court how the SIT discovered the existence of the laptop and its usage by Sriki in police custody between November 2020 and January 2021.
One of the co-founders allegedly paid a cop Rs 7 lakh to recover Bitcoins stolen from their exchange by hacker Srikrishna Ramesh alias Sriki.