Bhubaneswar, May 8 -- The cybercrime unit of Odisha Crime Branch arrested three directors of two fintech companies for their involvement in a cyber fraud related to Crypto investment, today.

The arrested persons are Sumit Kumar Das and Amiya Ranjan Satpathy from Bargarh and Sidharth Satpathy from Bhillai in Chhattisgarh. The three were identified as directors of two fintech companies. Sumit and Amiya are directors of a company named PayInc and Sidharth of Fynpe.

According to an official source, the three were running the fintech companies and became a part of cyber fraud by facilitating quick transfer of money to the virtual accounts of cybercriminals.

A victim previously reported on May 5 last year that he had received a WhatsApp call...