Nepal Police have arrested a Chinese national in connection with his alleged involvement in cheating people through operating a multi-million rupees crypto currency scam. A team of police arrested Chinese national Zhu Yi-eng, 35 from Thamel area on Thursday along with transaction details of crypto currency worth Rs. 179.97 million, said Pavan Kumar Bhattarai, spokesperson at Kathmandu District Police Circle. The police also recovered from him 3 mobile sets and various documents including papers used to carry out illegal transactions. During preliminary investigation it was found that he was involved in cheating local Nepalese by contacting them through social media platform and wining their confidence by showing various attractive offers. The police have taken the Chinese national into five days judicial remand with the permission from Kathmandu District Court to carry out further investigation into the matter.
