Is FBI Probing Bitcoin Hacking Case In Karnataka? Check What CBI Has To Say

"CBI as the National Central Bureau for Interpol in India coordinates closely with international law enforcement agencies including FBI," the CBI said.

Published: April 10, 2022 3:17 PM IST

By India.com News Desk | Edited by Sanstuti Nath

Is FBI Probing Bitcoin Hacking Case In Karnataka? Check What CBI Has To Say
Media reports claimed FBI is probing Bitcoin Hacking Case In Karnataka

Bengaluru: The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) on Sunday dismissed media reports claiming that a team of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has come from the United States to India to investigate the Bitcoin hacking case in Karnataka. “Reference is invited to reports in sections of media that a FBI team has come to India to investigate a Bitcoin case of Karnataka police. This is to inform that FBI has not sent any team to India for conducting a probe in the matter nor has any request been made by FBI to CBI for conducting investigation in this case in India,” the CBI said in a statement.

The premier probe agency of India said the question of according any permission for the probe by the competent authority in India does not arise.

“CBI as the National Central Bureau for Interpol in India coordinates closely with international law enforcement agencies including FBI,” the CBI added.

The Bitcoin case had brought turmoil in the state last year when media reported that a hacker had hacked into the Bitcoin portal and siphoned off huge amount of money.

The statement comes after the Congress Party on Fridayquestion if the american probe agency was in India to investigate an alleged “Bitcoin scam” which the party had accused the BJP-led government in Karnataka of covering up last year.

(With Agency Inputs)

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