Sources close to hacker Srikrishna Ramesh aka Sriki, which The Hindu spoke to, claimed the hacker was “forced” to transfer bitcoins that he had allegedly stolen from Bitfinex, while in custody in 2020 and 2021.
Sriki reportedly made the same allegations to the Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing the bitcoin scam, following which the team is now investigating the movement of 150 to 170 bitcoins when the hacker was in police and judicial custody, sources in the SIT said.
During the time of the movement of these bitcoins there was a big rally in the price of bitcoins and the worth of the bitcoins that Sriki was allegedly forced to move to benami wallets amounted to around ₹600 crore.
