Indian man arrested on charges of crypto fraud via 'Morris Coin' scheme

Indian man arrested on charges of crypto fraud via 'Morris Coin' scheme

A 36-year-old man from Kerala was arrested under charges of cryptocurrency fraud. District police have arrested a 36-year-old man from the Malappuram district of the south Indian state of Kerala on charges of operating a cryptocurrency scam.Nishad has been charged under the Prize Chits and Money Circulation Schemes (Banning) Act by the district police chief U Abdul Karim.A team led by police inspector P Vishnu seized several documents from Nishad’s house and alleged that he has duped thousands of people from across India of hundreds of thousands of dollars. Nishad, who is also the managing....


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