JAIPUR: The Jaipur police on Thursday busted a massive inter-state gang run by a couple who duped at least 6,000 people across the country on the pretext of investing money on a fraudulent crypto –currency scheme.
The police have arrested Pawan Thakur and his wife Mridula Thakur after a complainant gave an application to deputy commissioner of police (DCP West) Ashok Gupta that she was duped of Rs 90 lakh by the couple.
DCP directed Jhotwara police to take action against the alleged fraudsters. The police said that the couple hailed from Uttar Pradesh and invited people to invest in crypto-currency schemes. The police claimed that the dup used to promise investors to double up their money. “They tricked over 6,000 to invent into their scheme…
