New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- The Central Bureau of Investigation has filed a chargesheet against 27 people and 3 companies on account of an investment fraud during the COVID-19 lockdown, amounting to crores. The names revealed in the HPZ Token Investment fraud case also include two Chinese nationals, Wan Jun and Li Anming, leading to revelations about other scams post-COVID-19.

Assumed to be controlled by Chinese nationals, the entity that led the whole scam has moved crores from the Indian public by making false promises on fake apps about jobs, cryptocurrency and other investment opportunities. In just a few months, the people in the chargesheet had collected and transferred more than Rs 1000 crore. They made it possible through multiple shel...