LUCKNOW, March 11 -- Police in Sitapur attached assets worth about Rs.5.11 crore allegedly acquired through a cryptocurrency investment fraud linked to the Bombitex/Bmaxx platform, officials said on Wednesday while sharing a press note on the case.

The action is part of an ongoing probe into a large-scale investment scam in which several investors were allegedly duped after being lured with promises of unusually high returns through online crypto schemes. The case was registered at Kotwali Nagar police station in Sitapur on the complaint of Virat Rathore and 24 other investors who alleged they were persuaded to invest money through the Bombitex platform.

According to officials, the FIR names Jay Prakash Maurya, alleged CEO/MD of Bombite...