NEW DELHI: Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has filed a chargesheet against 30 accused, including two Chinese, Wan Jun and Li Anming, in a Rs 1,000-crore crypto-investment scam. The accused, through two Delhi-based companies and their directors, allegedly misled the public into investing heavily in non-existent bitcoin-mining machines after launching a fake mobile application, ‘HPZ Tokens'. The investors were promised astronomical returns. The scam, which was allegedly perpetrated by Shigoo Technology Pvt Ltd, an entity controlled by the Chinese nationals, saw a large amount of money collected and diverted during Covid-19 lockdown. In a matter of a few months, the total money that had been collected in over 150 accounts of several shell companies, which served as conduits to coll

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