The US Attorney's office says that the charges in the indictment are allegations and the defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty.
"The allegations, as we have seen, are about money trying to be extorted and misappropriated. These are very disturbing and disquieting charges," Kesavan said.
The move comes after Supriya Sule, Member of Parliament from the Nationalist Congress Party (Sharadchandra Pawar faction), filed a cybercrime complaint with the Election Commission of India following allegations of using bitcoin to fund the ongoing Maharashtra Assembly elections.
Further, Chaturvedi spoke on the "Bitcoin scam" allegations on NCP's Supriya Sule and Congress' Nana Patole and said that the video was a fake AI made in order to mislead the voters of Maharashtra.
Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MP Sambit Patra on Wednesday dismissed allegations of money distribution against party leader Vinod Tawde, calling them devoid of facts.
Congress president and party's candidate from Sakoli, Nana Patole also cast his vote in the Maharashtra Assembly polls today at a polling booth in Bhandara.
Reacting to the 'cash for vote' allegation against BJP leader Vinod Tawde, NCP candidate for the Parli constituency, Dhananjay Munde said that the allegations are false and asserted that nothing like this had happened.
Maharashtra BJP President and party's candidate from Kamthi, Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Wednesday expressed strong support for BJP leader Vinod Tawde and called the allegations of 'cash distribution' against him a "well-planned conspiracy".
Congress candidate from Latur City, Amit Deshmukh, on Wednesday after casting his vote expressed concerns over the recent allegations involving BJP leader Vinod Tawde's involvement in alleged cash distribution ahead of the assembly elections.
Pawar spoke on the allegations dropped by former IPS officer Ravindra Patil on Supriya Sule and Congress' Nana Patole's usage of bitcoin-scam tainted cash to fund polls and said that one should notice the video clip of BJP leaders that went viral.