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India’s financial crime agency has frozen assets worth about ₹42.8 crore (around $4.8 million) connected to Chirag Tomar, an Indian national currently serving a prison sentence in the United States.
Tomar was convicted of running a fake website scheme that tricked people into giving up their cryptocurrency.
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) announced on August 5 that it had blocked access to 18 properties in Delhi and several bank accounts. These accounts belong to Tomar, his family members, and people he worked with.
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In October 2024, Tomar was sentenced to five years in a US federal prison. His group created fake websites that resembled the crypto exchange Coinbase
Once people entered their information, they were shown fake error messages and told to call a helpline. The numbers connected them to fraudsters pretending to be Coinbase staff.
Victims were then misled into giving out security codes or allowing remote access to their devices. This allowed the scammers to steal funds from their crypto wallets.
Officials said the scam operated for over two years. The group used tricks to make their fake websites appear above the real Coinbase site in search results.
Investigators also found that nearly ₹600 crore (roughly $72 million) in digital assets moved through various trading platforms before being converted into Indian currency.
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