Dear brothers and sisters, 

FIR against Mr. Shantanu Sinha, his wife Mrs.Sweta Sinha, his mother Mrs.Pratima Sinha, his father, Mr. Rajiv Ranjan Sinha, Mrs. Prathva sinha (mother’s sister), sister Dr. Sneha Sinha daughter of Lala Ranjan sinha, Vinod Saligram Ingle, Mr. Amarendra Kumar, C/o Jemini Helpage in Kolkata, Mr. Arijit Maity who has fled to Sydney with huge money from scam, Chaitesh Chandra verma, and others have cheated close to 3000 people including me, of approximately ₹1500 crores, in the form of cryptocurrency Bitcoin, from over 20 countries by promoting ponzi scheme online on FACEBOOK messenger, TELEGRAM and WhatsApp.  I have been cheated for ₹95 lakhs.  All accused are related to each other and are from the same family.
 
I’m in great financial distress and had to sell my house, has to sell my car, no money to literally pay my internet bills, and have borrowed money to care for my parents who were infected with COVID-19.  I do not have money for schooling of my kids.  I’m leading a miserable life because of this fraud. Kindly sign the petition and help me.

Many people committed suicide and many are living on the streets. Some of them are going through a divorce. Many are living on the streets. Many have lost their family and are going through depression and undergoing treatment for the same.
 
It is also known that Shantanu has parked some money in other countries in form of Bitcoin. 
  
I have been cheated through online investment hugely, approximately about ₹95 lac rupees. I request all of you to sign this petition and help me recover my money.  
 
Shantanu sinha, Sweta sinha, pratima sinha, Sneha Sinha and others had called me on Telegram and threatened to kill me and my family members if I would go ahead and complain to any authorities about the scam.
 
I would like to bring to your kind notice the sequence of events that followed:
 
I was approached by Shantanu sinha on Telegram and Facebook messenger by voice call and informed me about “Ankita’s Investment Group (AIG)” in November 2017 which was later renamed as “CryptoInvest (CI)” run by Mr. Shantanu Sinha, who pretended to be a lady named Ankita, and faked his identity), who promised huge returns to the investors.
 
CryptoInvest group was hosted on Facebook and the investors were requested to join the group by a link to the group, and had to send money through cryptocurrency (Bitcoin) through Blockchain through any crypto exchange like Zebpay, INDIA.
 
Dr. Sneha Sinha, sweta sinha, and Shantanu Sinha would interact through FaceBook and Messenger, and Telegram app with the investors.  They sometimes did make voice calls, probably using his sweta, Sneha, and Pratima, or aunty for the event to project Shantanu Sinha as a lady, who faked his identity.  Shantanu Sinha would transfer funds to his mother’s account, and wife’s account, and did project them to be his clients, to attract and cheat other innocent people. 
 
Shantanu would regularly send fake information and snapshots of funds transferred to his wife and mother, to clients.  Needless to say, investors were lured into it and started investing.
 
During my first investment, he promised regular high returns and I started investing in the same. 
 
All the above mentioned people would call me on telegram and would insist me to invest in Cryptoinvest, known to be a Ponzi scheme promising huge returns.
 
Shantanu launched Cryptoinvest App in Playstore in April 2018. This app was developed by Leometics in Pune.  We have known that Shantanu Sinha has created fake ID, pretended to be a lady, and cheated all the people, along with support of Sweta sinha, Sneha Sinha, pratima sinha, and prativa srivastav.  Now, he is planning leave India with the money he has accumulated. The money is in the form of bitcoin and in crypto wallet.
 
Shanthanu Sinha, sweta sinha, pratima sinha, prativa srivastav, Sneha Sinha, Vishal sinha, Prerna, and Arijit have multiple bank accounts in India and abroad as well.
 
Shantanu Sinha has given crores of rupees to Sneha sinha for her marriage and has given her huge gold and other valuables.  Sneha Sinha living in Pune is one of the recipient of huge Fraudulent money in the form of gold and cash for marriage expenses.  Her father is getting salary of 40k and she got married in a palace using the fraudulent money.
 
I hereby humbly request the concerned authorities to look into the matter and help me to get my money back from Shantanu Sinha and family and take necessary action against all the above mentioned people.  They have also evaded income tax to the govt and is suspected money laundering/hawala transactions. It is known that he and his family members have opened bank accounts in foreign countries to park this money.

Also, I request the authorities to prevent them from fleeing the country and to freeze the bank accounts of the offenders to prevent money from being diverted to other accounts and in other countries.
 
Yours Sincerely

Venkatesh Murthy