Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered an FIR into a bitcoin-based ponzi scam against Amit Bhardwaj, Ajay Bhardwaj and others. Sources in the CBI said, the accused persons allegedly collected 80 thousand bitcoins and diverted the funds worth six thousand 606 crore rupees through nine overseas firms to purchase properties abroad. The agency has also summoned Gaurav Mehta to join the investigation.

The matter came into limelight after a retired police officer Ravindranath Patil accused Nationalist Congress Party (SP) leader Supriya Sule and Maharashtra Congress chief Nana Patole of being involved in a fraud case involving cryptocurrency.