KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has sought the court’s approval to access the Bitcoin trading platform used by Armaghan Qureshi, the prime accused in the Mustafa Amir murder case, in a money laundering case registered against him.
During the hearing on Wednesday, the FIA requested the court to issue orders for obtaining account details from the platform, citing that the suspect had created accounts under the names of his two employees.
The agency also urged the court to direct trading platforms to provide details of Armaghan’s accounts, transactions, trading history, and IP addresses.
Meanwhile, the court sought information from foreign cryptocurrency trading companies regarding the case.
Armaghan was booked in another case earlier; a first information report (FIR) was filed alleging his involvement in money laundering and fraud.
With the FIR registered on behalf of the government in the Anti-Money Laundering Circle, the FIA accused Armaghan of being involved in hawala-hundi, digital currency and other illegal activities.
Armaghan, who is currently in judicial custody, allegedly carried out the kidnapping and murder of Mustafa Amir after he went missing on January 6.