INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
single-handedly converting foreign currency into Bitcoin and back for the past several months
took weeks of investigation by the FBI, and later, by Kolkata Police, to go through documents and call details to finally apprehend him
FBI inferred that the accused persons duped overseas victims and discreetly diverted the looted money to their Binance account in the form
Cops then worked on the leads provided by FBI and a raid was conducted in the Karaya area
Ali was picked up from Bondel Road and a cellphone was seized from him
near Circus Avenue on October 8
a call centre fraud, FBI sleuths have come to know that Ahmed, often posing as one Austin Parker, had cheated at least five US nationals
software security firm, convinced the victims that their refunds were due, and, in the guise of helping them, would take control of
computers and bank accounts to transfer funds
Cops said Ahmed accessed his Bitcoin account on several occasions through the same IP addresses, sometimes hours or minutes apart, which
including Panaji, Jadavpur and Gurgaon
