Five held for duping bizman of Rs 6.16 crore in cryptocurrency scam

BHUBANESWAR: The Crime Branch of Odisha Police have arrested five persons including a woman from Gujarat for allegedly duping a Ganjam-based businessman of over Rs 6.16 crore on the pretext of investing his money in cryptocurrency.

The accused – Sejal Ravikumar Sabhaya, Sabhaya Ravi Kumanbhai, Sabhaya Kumanbhai, Paras Dhirubhai Jesani and Dharmesh Nanubhai Savaliya – are all natives of Surat. CB brought them to Odisha on Wednesday. The victim, a native of Berhampur, had lodged a complaint with CB in this connection following which a case was registered in July last year.