Overview
- The Enforcement Directorate filed a prosecution complaint on June 15, 2026, naming Chirag Tomar and seven others under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
- The complaint identifies accused individuals and entities including Pankaj Tomar, Kushagra Shakya, Akash Vaish, Rahul Anand, Ketan Luthra, Tomar Group of Industries Pvt Ltd, and Exahomes Realtors.
- The ED has provisionally attached assets worth about ₹64.55 crore that investigators say were bought with proceeds traced from the theft.
- U.S. court records show Tomar was arrested by the FBI at Atlanta airport on December 20, 2023, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 60 months in prison with two years of supervised release.
- Investigators say the scheme used fake Coinbase web pages, social engineering and remote-access tools to steal more than $20 million, moved funds through multiple wallets and converted them to rupees via peer-to-peer trades before depositing into Indian bank accounts.