These investors are not coming forward to register a complaint to get back their money
Nagpur: In the major development in the multi-crore crypto-currency scam, the Economic Offence Wing (EoW ) seized a diary having names of 300 “secret” investors who have not come forward to lodge complaints. The vital diary was seized from prime accused Nishedh Wasnik, according to a report in a local daily.
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The reports said that these 300 investors had invested an amount ranging from Rs 1 lakh to Rs 25 lakh in the bogus crypto-currency schemes floated by the accused Wasnik. However, the investors are not turning up to register a complaint to get back their money for obvious reasons. According to sources, the entire material seized from Wasnik and his accomplices are being scanned by the investors. The police were stunned after seeing a diary with entries of 300 names of investors. The persons had invested lakhs of rupees in the bogus schemes. These investors are not keen on registering complaints as victims against Wasnik when contacted by the investigators. The police are suspecting that these investors might have invested black money with the scamsters. They are also fearing further inquiry by the Income Tax Department, the sources said.
According to reports, names with entries of Rs 1 lakh to Rs 25 lakh investment in the past three years were found in the diary. The EoW is making a watertight charge-sheet to prove culpability of the accused in the court. Similarly, the money parked by the scamsters in land and other assets is also being searched by the police.
Recently, the EoW had unearthed around 23-acre agriculture land in Nagpur district bought by crypto-currency scamster Nishedh Wasnik in the name of his father and brother-in-law. The police are also busy in the valuation of five cars that were seized from Wasnik. Cops are searching for the crypto-currency accounts of Wasnik. He reportedly told the police that the money laundered through the scam was in the possession of the arrested accused named Rajendra Khobragade. However, Khobragde denied Wasnik’s claim.
Notably, cops have arrested Nished Wasnik, his father Mahadevrao Wasnik, wife Pragati Wasnik, Sandesh Punjabrao Lanjewar, Gajanan Bholenath Mungne, Lalit Sanjay Naik, Deepak Tulsiram Naik, Sachin Roopchand Wasnik, Ramu alias Sonu Hiraman Vanve, Diksha Sandesh Lanjewar, Rajendra Khobragade and Kalpana Gajanan Mungne in the case so far.
The Deputy Commissioner of Police (EoW) Dr Akshay Shinde has appealed to the investors to approach the EoW and lodge a complaint against the scamsters. The police will take all efforts to return the hard-earned money of the investors, he assured.
