Several officers from the Indian Crime Branch, including an Inspector General of Police (IGP), are being probed by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) in connection with a Bitcoin scam. The SIT has issued a notice to Inspector General of Police (IGP) Sandeep Patil, head of the Crime Branch at the time, to clarify discrepancies in the investigation into a Bitcoin scam. The scam involves hacker Srikrishna Ramesh, also known as Sriki and his associate Robin Khandelwal. Sikri, the mastermind behind the scam, hacked a cryptocurrency exchange, Unocoin, in 2017 and stole 60.6 Bitcoins worth ₹1.14 crore (approximately $137,000) at the time. He also hacked various other online platforms and laundered the funds using cryptocurrency.