CoinDCX fraud: What unfolded during 96 hours from founders' arrest to bail
Mint. Mint also saw a copy of the order released on Tuesday.Ashish Brijkishore Singh, a 42-year-old insurance advisor, filed the first information report (FIR) against Gupta and Khandelwal on 16 March after he and two of his aides were duped by a group of six individuals of ₹71.6 lakh.
Mint has also seen a copy of the FIR.According to the Thane court’s verdict, Singh claimed at the hearing that Akash Rana, one of six people he had accused of stealing his money, had returned the full amount to him and his aides after the FIR was filed.Singh also said Gupta and Khandelwal were not the people he had met, thus leading to the founders’ arrest as part of what the company has claimed was an impersonation scam.“The sessions judge determined on Monday that the people involved in the impersonation scam were not the real founders, a fact that the victim admitted in court after seeing Gupta and Khandelwal in person. This has caused a serious trauma and damage to their reputation, and the company's priority remains their safe discharge and return after this bizarre case,” the person said, on the condition of anonymity.One of the three persons cited above said a team of officers from the Mumbra Police Station arrested Gupta and Khandelwal from Bengaluru on 20 March because Singh had claimed that they were involved in the fraud.The second of the three officials said the arrest was made because the FIR alleged the fraud was committed by the founders.
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