New Delhi: Five-Month Investigation with Unit Fusion & Strategic Ops (IFSO) Intelligence from Special Cells Police Delhi into the hacking of the Crypto-Currency wallet has revealed that Palestinian militant clothes Hamas is behind crime, said source.
Police Commissioner Delhi Rakesh Asthana is likely to communicate developments to the authorities concerned in and abroad through the right channel.
According to a confidential investigation report prepared by the DCP (IFSO) KPS Malhotra, Cryptocurrency, whose value today stands at RS 4 Crore, stolen from the West Delhi Entrepreneurs Wallet.
They were directed through various personal wallets before finally landing with those used and operated in Gaza by the Al-Qassam Brigade, the Hamas military wing known globally because it used the Crypto currency stolen and donated to terror financing.
The incident was reported in 2019 after a Paschim Vihar-based businessman filed a complaint to the local police after losing access to his wallet.
According to complaints, the victim has 6.2 Bitcoin, 9.79 Etherum, 2.44 Bitcoin Cash of Blockchain Mobile Wallet on the OPPO F17 cellular device.
Estimated value of his currency at that time was around Rs 30.6 lakh, said the source.
This case is transferred to specific cells for technical investigations.
Malhotra then formed a special team consisting of ACP Raman Lamba, the Neeraj and others to trace the recipient of the money.
The details of the Crypto wallet, along with other accounts, found were uploaded in DarkNet.
The initial probe uses a series of tracking devices revealing that the victim’s device is hacked and the currency is transferred to three different accounts without its consent and knowledge.
During the investigation, the trail of the Cryptocurrency led the police to identify the account managed by Brigades Al-Qassam, apart from the wallet confiscated by the Israeli Ministry of Defense National Bureau for counter-financing counter.
Digital wallet seizures related to Hamas are referred to by Israel as the first and most aggressive action against the efforts of the Crypto currency of terror groups.
“The wallet belonged to Mohammad Naseer Ibrahim Abdulla.
Another wallet where the main part of the cryptocurrency was moved was being operated from Giza in Egypt.
One of the wallets belonged to Ahmed Marzooq.
Another wallet, where the cryptocurrency was transferred, belonged to Ahmed QH Safi from Ramallah , “The report submitted by IFSO.
Some stolen currencies were found to be transferred to the English-based gambling site and child pornography sites, said sources.
The development came in the middle of the regulatory calls and hard action on digital wallets, which have long been liked by cyber criminals for funding collected through digital crime.
At present, there are currently no law in India that regulate the trading of cryptocurrency.
However, trade and setting the exchange of legal cryptocurrency in India.
Cryptocurrency is a form of digital currency that can be referred to as a data set designed for anonymous and safe.
Virtual currency is designed to work as an exchange medium using cryptography to secure transactions and to control the creation of additional currency units.
There are no single entities that have or control them and function in the peer-to-peer system.
They are relatively difficult to track and offer several anonymers online.