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Police raid and alleged $78M bitcoin fraud rock India election

By Editorial Board Published November 20, 2024 4 Min Read
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Police raid and alleged M bitcoin fraud rock India election

Allegations of a $78 million crypto fraud and a police raid are rocking Meeting elections in India’s Maharashtra state, that are underway at press time.

Maharashtra is India’s wealthiest state and residential to the nation’s monetary capital, Mumbai. The ruling Mahayuti alliance, which incorporates prime minister Narendra Modi’s BJP get together, faces fundamental opposition from the MVA, a coalition that features the NCP (SP).

Simply days earlier than polling opened, a former police officer accused MP Supriya Sule of the NCP (SP) of misappropriating seized bitcoin to fund its election marketing campaign. They declare that Sule and state Congress chief Nana Patole took bitcoin that had been confiscated by police from a 2018 fraud case.

In 2018, crypto supplier Amit Bharadwaj was arrested by Pune police and his pockets containing Rs 6,600 crore ($78 million) was seized.

The whistleblower claims that former Pune Police Commissioner, Amitabh Gupta, instructed the pockets to be swapped out.

Sule and Patole allegedly bought maintain of the unique pockets and offered the bitcoin to affect the elections.

BJP shares voice clips of Sule, sparking lawsuit and AI debate

Modi’s BJP get together quickly echoed these allegations. BJP chief Sudhanshu Trivedi shared movies and voice recordings claiming to indicate Sule and people concerned discussing these crypto transactions.

On Wednesday, Sule’s cousin and Maharashtra deputy chief minister Ajit Pawar mentioned that the voice recordings have been genuine and known as for a proper investigation to start.

“I know the voices of Supriya Sule and Nana Patole very well,” Pawar mentioned. “The voices in the audio clips belong to both of them.”

Acquainted techniques of spreading false data to govern the righteous voters are being resorted to, an evening earlier than the polling day. We have now filed a prison criticism to the Hon’ble ECI & the Cyber crime division in opposition to the pretend allegations made from bitcoin… pic.twitter.com/g8Selv1DFk

— Supriya Sule (@supriya_sule) November 19, 2024

Sule, daughter of outstanding politician and cricket chief Sharad Pawar, has denied the allegations. “Ajit Pawar can say anything,” she hit again. She claims the voice recordings are false, and has filed a prison cyber fraud criticism in opposition to the previous police officer who initially accused her.

“They have apparently attempted to create a fake voice of [Sule] to add fake credibility to their allegations,” the criticism reads. “This amounts to criminal impersonation […] with an intent to defraud and defame.”

Throughout X, onlookers seem divided over the authenticity of the recordings. Aspect-by-side comparisons by outstanding fact-checker Mohammed Zubair counsel that the voices comply with a inflexible, monotonous rhythm in comparison with audio from different sources, which can counsel that AI was concerned.

Here is another voice and accent comparability of Former Pune Commissioner Amitabh Gupta. 1. Audio launched by the BJP2. His press interview given in 2021. Determine for your self. pic.twitter.com/q15SJYM3VL

— Mohammed Zubair (@zoo_bear) November 19, 2024

The Maharashtra Meeting elections are nonetheless underway at press time, with a recorded 45.53% voter turnout as of 3pm.

Throughout the polling, police raided the house of the person accused of aiding Sule and Patole within the bitcoin theft on the alleged instruction of the Pune Police Commissioner.

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