Delhi man’s Rs 4.5 cr crypto fraudulently sent to Palestinian wing of Hamas

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A Delhi resident’s cryptocurrency worth Rs 30 lakh (current value Rs 4.5 crore) was fraudulently transferred to three different foreign accounts one of which belonged to Al-QassamBrigates, a military branch of the Palestinian organization Hamas.

“The complainant had reported that unknown persons had fraudulently transferred his Bitcoins, Etherum and Bitcoin cash, worth Rs 30,85,845 at the time of the incident, from his cryptocurrency wallet,” the deputy commissioner said. Police (IFSO, Special Cell) KPS Malhotra. IANS.

The victim owned cryptocurrencies (6.2 Bitcoin/9.79 Etherum/2.44 Bitcoin Cash) from the blockchain mobile wallet.

The DCP said the case was initially registered at Paschim Vihar police station, by order of the local court. Later, the investigation of the case was transferred to the Cyber ​​Crime Unit, Special Cell, Delhi.

During the investigation, the cryptocurrency trail led to surprising facts, that the cryptocurrencies ended up in the wallets maintained by Al-Qassam Brigates, which is a military wing of the Palestinian organization Hamas and in wallets that have already been seized by Israel’s National Counter-Terrorist Financing Bureau.

“The seized wallet belonged to Mohammad Naseer Ibrahim Abdulla,” the official said.

The other wallets into which a significant portion of the cryptocurrencies were transferred were operated from Giza, Egypt. One of these wallets belonged to Ahmed Marzooq, a resident of Giza in Egypt. Another wallet, into which cryptocurrencies were transferred, belonged to Ahmed QH Safi, a resident of Ramallah, Palestine.

Malhotra informed that the cryptocurrencies were funneled through various private wallets and eventually landed on the wallets of the suspects, being used and mined in Gaza, Egypt and in the military wings of the Palestinian organization Hamas.

–IANS

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