Delhi woman loses Rs 3 crore in crypto heist while her phone was on ‘flight mode’; close friend arrested

A woman in West Delhi lost Rs 3 crore on July 4 while she was travelling abroad after her close friend siphoned off 6 bitcoins (BTC) from her crypto mobile wallet with the help of two associates, the police said.

They have arrested the accused woman, a resident of Uttam Nagar, and her two associates who committed the fraud from the complainant’s crypto account, while her phone was in flight mode, by using multiple ‘tumblers’ to avoid the money trail of coins. A tumbler is usually used to mix identifiable cryptocurrency with others to hide it’s source.