Indian police dismantle crime syndicate, arrest 'crypto queen'

Indian police have arrested 5 suspects involved in a remote job scam, embezzling over 1.7 million rupees ( approximately 21,000 USD ) from a woman in Burari. The victim was lured into a fake job on Telegram and transferred money via UPI to receive a "rebate." Additionally, the scam group used her information to borrow an additional 880,000 rupees.

The suspects include Krish, Deepa, Gaurav, Manthan, and Nidhi Agarwal – who is referred to as the "Crypto Queen" due to her role in money laundering and trading USDT from unauthorized exchanges. The defrauded money was transferred through multiple accounts, converted into cryptocurrency, and sold in Telegram groups. The police tracked down the network using technical surveillance and transaction analysis. The investigation is ongoing to locate other individuals and recover the misappropriated assets.