The two allegedly cheated investigators by fraudulently transferring money worth crores from digital wallets to their accounts.
The police in Pune have now filed a 4,000-page charge sheet in a court against former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer Ravindra Patil and cyber specialist Pankaj Ghode in connection with the alleged multi-crore crypto fraud.
“We filed an over 4,400-page charge sheet against Patil and Ghode in a court on Monday,” Shivajinagar cyber police station’s inspector Ankush Chintaman told PTI.
According to the authorities, Patil transferred part of the bitcoins in his account during the investigation, and Ghode gave screenshots of the accounts to police by manipulating the figures.
Senior officials exposed both Patil and Ghode’s roles during the probe. According to the authorities, the duo allegedly utilised data provided by the cops for technical study for their own benefits.
Ghode allegedly modified screenshots to show less money in crypto wallets and presented them to the police.
With inputs from PTI
