BENGALURU: The city police have broken their silence on the hacker Srikrishna alias Sriki and the alleged Bitcoin scam.
“On November 4, 2020, based on credible information, regarding a drug consignment procured through darknet, CCB Police secured one accused and seized 500 grams of hydro ganja.
“Neither any Bitcoins were transferred from the account of Srikrishna, nor any Bitcoin was lost.
Cyber experts opined that the account claimed by the accused as his personal account was in fact a live wallet of an exchange and the accused did not have a private key for this,” said Pant.
The claim made on Whale Alert that 14,682 stolen Bitfinex Bitcoins were transferred was “completely unsubstantiated.
On the allegation that the police drugged Srikrishna, Pant said on January 11, Sriki had submitted before the court that the police had not forced him to consume drugs.
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