Two men, who were posing as capital fund Astor's senior executives, cheated Mexican billionaire Ricardo Salinas Pliego. Pliego planned to cash in on the crypto boom by borrowing $416 million (over ₹3,774 crore) against his company Grupo Elektra's shares. He approached the fraudsters, who presented a 31-page stock-loan agreement and sold his shares, kept as collateral, without informing Pliego.