The man had encountered a woman on a matrimonial website in June and what he thought was an innocent connection led him down a path of financial ruin. An Ahmedabad-based software engineer found himself ensnared in a cryptocurrency scam, resulting in a staggering loss of over Rs 1 crore as cases of scams in India are witnessing an alarming surge, with unsuspecting victims losing their money to cunning swindlers. Kuldeep Patel, a software engineer, recently approached the cybercrime police narrating his ordeal of financial misfortune. Patel had encountered a woman named Aditi on a matrimonial website in June and what he thought was an innocent connection led him down a path of financial ruin.