Staff Reporter :
Detective Branch of Police arrested nine people including four Nigerians, in connection with fraud and human trafficking from the capital on Wednesday.
Seven of them have been identified as John Agodi UGO, Liza Akther alias Eshta, Afeez, Mohammad Mohsin Sheikh, Tasmia Parveen alias Shimu,
Micheal kel Eugene Obumneme and Namdi Kelvin says, according to a press release of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
Besides, Mohammad Jamal Hossain and Mohammad Mojibur Rahman were arrested for their reported link with trafficking, according to the press release.
All the nine were picked up from various areas of Dhaka in separate drives on Wednesday.
“The fraud ring sometimes through emails or sometimes through love affairs instigate people to send money. Posing as foreigners, they send emails to people in Bangladesh expressing desire to invest in the country as they have a lot of money,” Abdul Baten, Joint Commissioner of Detective Branch of police, said in a press briefing at DMP media center.
“When someone responds to their emails on investment, they send various supportive documents and build up relationship with the victims and ask them to send money to process their investment which can be up to Tk two to Tk five lakh,” Abdul Baten added.
The money is remitted to Bangladeshi accounts run by some people of the scam ring, he said.
An accused Liza Akther alias Eshta alone did transactions worth Tk 1.5 crore last month. The money is laundered outside the country via ‘hundi’ or through other mediums, Baten said.
Detective Branch of Police arrested nine people including four Nigerians, in connection with fraud and human trafficking from the capital on Wednesday.
Seven of them have been identified as John Agodi UGO, Liza Akther alias Eshta, Afeez, Mohammad Mohsin Sheikh, Tasmia Parveen alias Shimu,
Micheal kel Eugene Obumneme and Namdi Kelvin says, according to a press release of Dhaka Metropolitan Police.
Besides, Mohammad Jamal Hossain and Mohammad Mojibur Rahman were arrested for their reported link with trafficking, according to the press release.
All the nine were picked up from various areas of Dhaka in separate drives on Wednesday.
“The fraud ring sometimes through emails or sometimes through love affairs instigate people to send money. Posing as foreigners, they send emails to people in Bangladesh expressing desire to invest in the country as they have a lot of money,” Abdul Baten, Joint Commissioner of Detective Branch of police, said in a press briefing at DMP media center.
“When someone responds to their emails on investment, they send various supportive documents and build up relationship with the victims and ask them to send money to process their investment which can be up to Tk two to Tk five lakh,” Abdul Baten added.
The money is remitted to Bangladeshi accounts run by some people of the scam ring, he said.
An accused Liza Akther alias Eshta alone did transactions worth Tk 1.5 crore last month. The money is laundered outside the country via ‘hundi’ or through other mediums, Baten said.
