Bhubaneswar, Aug. 20 -- The Economic Offences Wing (EOW) of the Odisha Police on Thursday arrested Chittaranjan Mohanty, a key accused in an alleged cryptocurrency-based Ponzi scam that reportedly cheated around Rs 200 crore from investors across India.
EOW sources said Mohanty was arrested from Gopalpur in Jagatsinghpur district and produced before the Court of the Presiding Officer, Designated Court, Cuttack, under the Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (in Financial Establishments) Act (OPID Act) later in the day.
He has been booked under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of the IPC, read with Sections 4, 5 and 6 of the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act, 1978, Section 6 of the OPID Act, 2011, and Sec...