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'Hello, this is Divya' WhatsApp text leads to ₹21-crore crypto fraud in MP
short by Daisy Mowke / on Tuesday, 14 July, 2026
A 70-year-old CA from Gwalior was allegedly duped of ₹21.06 crore after receiving a WhatsApp message, which read, "Hello, this is Divya speaking." It lured him into investing in a fake USDT cryptocurrency trading platform. Police said the money was routed through a complex four-layer banking network involving over 20,000 digital transactions. Approximately ₹2 crore has been frozen so far.
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