8 members of online job fraud ring arrested
Cyber and Special Crime (South) Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DB) arrested 8 members of a gang engaged in cheating to get a trap with tempting advertisements like ‘online Jobs, salary ranges from Tk. 5,000 to 10,000 per day by working for a few hours only’.
They have been arrested from different areas of the country, including Jamalpur, in the wake of the investigation following the complaint of the victim who was cheated for a long time by offering a lucrative job and money investment in a few hours. The arrested persons are- Bangladeshi agent of the gang, Imadul Islam (21), Md. Abu Bakr Siddiqui Shanto (21), Md. Jaber Ahmed (31), Md. Rakib Molla (19), Mohammad Ali (19), Md. Sulaiman (19), Abu Saeed Sumon (33) and Hosnahar Akhter Hema (23) have been arrested.
According to police sources, the arrested persons are educated and all skilled in information technology. They got involved in this fraud with the hope of earning more in a short period of time. And after the introduction of the Chinese nationals, with their persuasion and the help of CS CamScanner, they joined the work.
DMP Additional Commissioner (Investigation) Mohammad Haroon Or Rashid told reporters at his office in DB on Minto Road in the capital on Wednesday (January 3), that the masterminds of the gang are two Chinese nationals Leo and Elon. They are sitting abroad and using local agents to grab hundreds of thousands taka.
He said, 8 Bangladeshi fraudsters have been arrested from the organized gang of Bangladeshi and Chinese nationals who cheated money by trapping them with lucrative salaries through online part-time jobs. On November 11, a victim was offered a job online through a small message on a WhatsApp number. Inquiring about the work, the victim is told to enter the provided site and vote and review. 150 taka was offered to be paid for each such work. Later, to gain the victim's trust, he sent about 8 thousand taka to the mobile bank number at different times. The victim was then asked to send 9 thousand taka to the mobile bank number given by them. After sending the money, the victim was asked to go to a website and open an account. But on the pretext that the work was not completed, the account was blocked and asked to send another 36,000 taka to complete the work. A total of more than nine lakh taka including 36 thousand taka was stolen on various pretexts.
DB Chief said that all those arrested are involved in c-finance and online lending cycle. They work as Bangladeshi agents of this gang. The gang extorts money from people by luring them to earn money online or get part-time jobs.
Arrested Sohan, Harun Or Rashid said, through his acquaintance Jaber, he received SIM orders from various companies for fraud through C-Finance, Loan Apps, Honey Traps Apps. Later when she told this to Shanto, he agreed. Then they bought each sim for 2 to 2.5 thousand taka and sold them to Sohan for 3 to 3.5 thousand taka. Sohan sold that sim to Jaber for five to five and a half thousand taka. The masterminds of this scam are Chinese nationals Leo and Lwin. Their plan was worked by representatives in Uttara and Jamalpur districts of Dhaka. Money was extorted through mobile banking at the directive of Chinese nationals Leo and Lwin. After that, bank accounts were opened with information in exchange of money from different people in remote areas to smuggle that money. Hema used to send the bank account information to the Chinese citizens through mobile phones.
