Summary:
new delhi: Over 40 people in Delhi were duped of around Rs 2 crore by a cryptocurrency agency based out of Connaught Place here, following which the Economic Offences Wing of the Delhi Police has begun an investigation into an exchange identified by investors as Pluto Exchange and seven people including the director of the exchange. As per police, the suspects met Joginder Kumar, the complainant, near Connaught Place and told him about a new business of cryptocurrency and that he (one of the suspects) had launched his own cryptocurrency and told the complainant to invest. After the meeting, Kumar said he invested Rs 5 lakh but did not receive returns in a month. The director collected approximately Rs 50 crore in the name of the cryptocurrency business," the complainant added. From the preliminary inquiry conducted so far and the examination of documents submitted by the complainants, it comes to record that more than Rs 2 crore was invested by the 43 complainants in the cryptocurrency scheme operated by proprietors of Pluto Exchange in Connaught Place..