India, March 22 -- Crypto exchange CoinDCX has termed a Police first information report (FIR) filed against its cofounders Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal as false claims. 

This follows Moneycontrol reporting that Gupta and Khandelwal were called for questioning on March 21 at a Mumbai Police station. Another report by Economic Times claimed that the duo were arrested following the FIR, which alleged cheating and financial fraud.

In a post on social media platform X, the unicorn claimed that impersonators posed as founders of the company to "cheat the public at large".

"We have taken cognisance of the fact and published a notice to the public at large on our website that CoinDCX is being targeted by fraudsters. The entire conspi...