Mumbai Court Denies Discharge to Pune Couple in ₹6,606 Crore Bitcoin Scam
A special PMLA court has rejected a discharge plea from a Pune couple involved in a massive bitcoin Ponzi scheme
Mumbai, Pune, Bitcoin, Ponzi Scam, Variabletech Pvt Ltd
Mumbai: So, there’s this couple from Pune, right? They just got their discharge plea shot down by a special PMLA court. They’re tangled up in this huge bitcoin Ponzi scheme worth a whopping ₹6,606 crore. Can you believe it?
The couple, Hemant and Lata Bhope, are in hot water because of their ties to a company called Variabletech Pvt Ltd. They tried to argue their way out of it, but the court wasn’t having it.
Lata claimed she didn’t know what was going on with her bitcoin transactions. Hemant, on the flip side, said he’s a victim too and hasn’t cheated anyone. But the prosecution painted a different picture, saying he was actually encouraging others to invest.
In the end, the court said no to their pleas. They made it clear that just saying you didn’t know about something doesn’t let you off the hook. It’s a tough break for them, but that’s the way the cookie crumbles in these cases.