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KOLHAPUR: Kolhapur police booked four persons for allegedly cheating five people of Rs 31 lakh through bitcoin. Bodhe was cheated to the tune of Rs 7.60 lakh, Girish Madhukar Khochikar was cheated of Rs 1.04 lakh, Vishal Dattatraya Nakate to the tune of Rs 12.66 lakh, Srihari Gopal Gulawani to the tune of Rs 2.60 lakh and Prithviraj Vilasrao Patil to the tune of Rs 7.20 lakh,” a police officer attached with Rajarampuri police station said.“The accused had opened his office at one of the buildings in Lane 6 of Rajarampuri. All these five persons had bitcoins of that particular amount and invested them in his company for a particular period. He contacted these five people and lured them with a high interest rate, asking them to invest in his company. All five demanded their returns from the accused, who flatly refused to pay back..