The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has arrested Ayush Varshney, co-founder of Darwin Labs Pvt Ltd, while he attempted to leave for Sri Lanka.
He is the first major arrest in the GainBitcoin cryptocurrency scam, which allegedly defrauded thousands of investors of nearly ₹20,000 crore through promises of high returns via cloud-mining and MLM schemes.
Varshney was detained at Mumbai’s international airport after a Look Out Circular was issued, and the CBI continues to probe the case, tracing funds and pursuing other key suspects still at large.