The Sikandra Police in Agra have registered a formal First Information Report (FIR) following a direct judicial directive to investigate the multi-crore misappropriation of corporate wealth and digital assets at a tech firm. The white-collar probe focuses on an alleged internal breach of trust totaling nearly ₹200 crore, tracking the illicit diversion of international investor capital. The regulatory action began after the founding group’s family members presented financial records indicating systematic, unauthorized digital transactions.
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The Internal Access Abuse and Crypto Discrepancies
The structural asset diversion unraveled within the operational command of Siri Blockchain Limited, a technology startup founded by Prateek Dwivedi that secured high-volume investments from both domestic and international backers. According to the police documents submitted by the founder’s father, Suresh Dwivedi, the administrative compromise began after a business associate, identified as Prateek Gauri, joined the team. Presenting himself as an experienced professional capable of managing both financial and technical operations, Gauri secured primary administrative privileges. Relying on this organizational trust, the executive was granted unmonitored access keys to the company’s primary cryptocurrency wallets, financial management databases, and sensitive backend infrastructure.
The multi-crore asset discrepancy emerged during routine accounting reconciliations, where compliance managers isolated severe gaps between active investor deposits and the residual balances held inside the company’s digital wallets. When confronted by the founding management to provide a verifiable digital trail, the associate allegedly failed to produce satisfactory clearance logs. An independent internal review of the firm’s financial transactions and digital records subsequently exposed a series of unmapped activities and capital outflows.
The Defraudment Mechanism and Database Tampering
The FIR alleges that Prateek Gauri, acting in absolute concert with his father Tarun Gauri and brother Parth Gauri, systematically manipulated the enterprise’s underlying financial assets for personal enrichment. The group managed its asset extractions through three distinct deceptive layers, converting corporate capital and investor resources worth nearly ₹200 crore into personal holdings. To mask the real-time movement of the diverted funds, the operators executed extensive database tampering, altering internal accounting logs, deleting server trails, and falsifying financial statements presented to global board members. The diverted capital was reportedly utilized to acquire premium physical assets and real estate holdings under personal titles, leaving the primary technology platform stripped of its operating capital.
The formal registration of the criminal case follows an initial delay where local law enforcement units did not take immediate action on the primary corporate grievance, forcing the complainant to seek direct legal remedies through the regional court. Following the court’s subsequent enforcement order, the Sikandra Police have mobilized specialized financial crime units to map out the complete money trail across public ledger nodes and traditional banking networks.
Advanced Blockchain Forensics and Local Enforcement
Forensic software experts and cyber cell specialists have initiated comprehensive analysis protocols, deploying specialized data-carving tools to review the company’s server logs, access histories, and cryptographic keys. Investigators are serving disclosure mandates to cryptocurrency exchanges and banking partners to track the final destination of the siphoned capital and isolate the associated wallet addresses. Authorities are preparing to record formal depositions from both local and overseas investors while reviewing whether the named individuals have a historical footprint in parallel financial irregularities.
Zonal commands emphasize that while the initial electronic evidence indicates massive asset movements, the allegations in the FIR are currently under investigation and remain unproven. The true facts of the case will be fully established only after a detailed, line-by-line examination of documentary evidence, financial analysis, and direct statements from all parties involved.
