Self-Proclaimed Cryptocurrency Guru Amit Bhardwaj Accused Of Running A Ponzi Scheme
The interest in bitcoins is increasing day by day in India but so are controversies surrounding them. In the latest, Amit Bhardwaj, founder of two bitcoin companies � cloud mining operation Gainbitcoin and China-based mining pool GBMiners � has been accused of running a Bitcoin Ponzi scheme.
Three months back, Zakhil Suresh a Gainbitcoin user has started a petition on change.org. The petition appeals for Bhardwaj�s arrest for this allegedly fraudulent scheme. As per the petition, Suresh is a finance student, living in Kerala who, after getting interested in Bitcoins and Amit�s startup Gainbitcoins, flew to Delhi to meet him. He ended up investing in Bitcoins but when he tried to withdraw Bitcoins from the service, he could not.
More than a year has passed and Suresh claims that he is still awaiting Bitcoin withdrawals. According to the petition, Bhardwaj has also not responded to the claims.
He goes on to state, �I requested for my first withdrawal after 3 weeks and now even after one and a half years � my withdrawals are still pending. I contacted the support n number of times. Result: No Response. I e-mailed Amit. Result: No Response. 2 Months later after a meeting with a couple of top names in the Indian BitCoin Community, I told them about my experience with Amit and they told me more about him � He is a fraud!�
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