Link to Pakistani Intelligence Operatives;Crypto trade worth more than Rs One Crore detected in OTP Sharing Scam
Bureau,Odishabarta
Bhubaneswar,21/06/23:During investigation of the above case (previous Press notes dated 14.05.2023, 8.6.2023 & 11.06.2023 attached) , it was found that the two accused namely Pritam Kar of Jajpur and Saroj Kumar Nayak of Nayagarh have been involved in Crypto trading through various Indian and foreign Exchanges. Investigations revealed that the accused Pritam Kar had signed up with a leading Crypto Exchange using E- Mail ID. Two Bank accounts and one UPI ID of the accused was linked with the said exchange. On analysis of the Crypto trade history of the particular ID ,it came to surface that in the time period of two years, the volume of trade in the account was more than Rs 1 Crore. The account had redflag areas in terms of crypto deposits from unidentified sources majorly from exchanges namely Coinbase, FTX and Bitmart all located outside India and also transfer of Crypto assets to exchanges out of India. Further, Investigations revealed that, the accused Pritam Kar was referred by a dubious person on the Crypto platform, having a referral history of thousands of people. The said matter is under investigation.
Investigations revealed that the accused Saroj Kumar Nayak of Nayagarh, had signed in a leading crypto exchange using E-mail ID. His User ID is linked with two saving Bank accounts number and two UPI ID’s. The volume of Crypto trade is nearly Rs 3 lakhs. In this case too, INR was withdrawn using Crypto exchanges based outside India.
In this regard, both the Crypto accounts of accused Pritam Kar and Saroj Kumar Nayak was blocked by STF.
# STF P.S Case No.10/2023). (Reference)
He used to sell mule accounts/ digital wallets of India Post Payment Bank (IPPB), FiNO care, HDFC, Axis, Yes Bank, ICICI, Airtel Payment Bank, Paytm Bank etc.
He and his associate used to contact the customers through various WhatsApp group, Facebook messenger groups and Telegram groups.
He used to make WhatsApp voice call/chat to many foreign numbers too.
He was the admin of the Whatsapp group named “All saving AC available” having 113 members. He is also member of numerous such groups like;
Online-Offline Seller
OTP shop-6
All OTP available
OTP Sell/ Buy Adda
OTC KYC deals
Online Project daily
Indian top OTP group
KYC Compliance
Best OTP group
KYC Zone Etc.
