Bengaluru: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) probing Bitcoin laundering and other cases on Saturday raided nine places, including the houses and offices of four police officers and two cyber experts.
According to a statement from the SIT, the officials seized four laptops, eight mobile phones, two network attached storage (NAS) devices, 10 hard drives, five pen drives, one memory card and other relevant documents.
The SIT detectives also questioned the four police officers who were part of the investigation in the bitcoin case involving hacker Srikrishna alias Sriki. According to sources, DySP Sridhar Poojar and inspectors Chandradhara, Lakshmikanthaiah and Prashanth Babu were the raided police officers. The SIT also conducted searches at Babu's office in Adugodi technical cell.
Raids and searches were also carried out at the residences and offices of two cyber experts: Santosh Kumar KS, CEO of Group Cyber โโID Technology in HSR Layout, and Gagan Jain B Satish, CEO and Founder of CyberSafe in JP Nagar . The two experts are said to have helped the police in the investigation of the Sriki hacking case, among others.
Laptop missing
Sources said a laptop on which officers allegedly created and deleted files was not found during the raids. The SIT investigating officer had given three notices to each of the four police officers, asking them to hand over the laptop, but they claimed that the laptop was not with them.
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According to a statement from the SIT, the officials seized four laptops, eight mobile phones, two network attached storage (NAS) devices, 10 hard drives, five pen drives, one memory card and other relevant documents.
The SIT detectives also questioned the four police officers who were part of the investigation in the bitcoin case involving hacker Srikrishna alias Sriki. According to sources, DySP Sridhar Poojar and inspectors Chandradhara, Lakshmikanthaiah and Prashanth Babu were the raided police officers. The SIT also conducted searches at Babu's office in Adugodi technical cell.
Raids and searches were also carried out at the residences and offices of two cyber experts: Santosh Kumar KS, CEO of Group Cyber โโID Technology in HSR Layout, and Gagan Jain B Satish, CEO and Founder of CyberSafe in JP Nagar . The two experts are said to have helped the police in the investigation of the Sriki hacking case, among others.
Laptop missing
Sources said a laptop on which officers allegedly created and deleted files was not found during the raids. The SIT investigating officer had given three notices to each of the four police officers, asking them to hand over the laptop, but they claimed that the laptop was not with them.
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