39 lakh 56 thousand rupees embezzled by dreaming of easy income, 2 arrested

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The offer came from an ID named ‘Sabrina Islam’ on Telegram. Working from home on an online platform called ‘Atomic Market’ will give you guaranteed income. It is the responsibility of a person to respond to that handshake. He got 39 lakh 56 thousand 469 taka step by step by the temptation of easy income.

The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the police has arrested two members of a gang involved in embezzling money through online fraud. Last Monday night, raids were conducted in Hazaribagh and Newmarket areas of the capital and they were arrested. The two arrested are Md. Sajjad Hossain (33) and Md. Rajiv Khan (33).

The incident started on July 1 last year. While staying in Motijheel area, a fake ID named Sabrina Islam was contacted by telegram with the victim. Tempted, the person opens an account there. Scammers offer him attractive commissions and bonuses against small investment to gain trust initially. He considers the platform legitimate and profitable. The victim is then forced to invest large sums of money with the lure of huge profits. In good faith, he deposited around Tk 40 lakh in several installments through various bank accounts and Mobile Financial Services (MFS).

When a lot of profit accumulates in that person’s account, the problem starts. Fraudsters create one obstacle after another to withdraw the earned money. Sometimes more money is demanded on the pretext of increasing ‘security fee’, sometimes ‘service charge’ and sometimes ‘NFT score’. He also settled those demands in the hope of getting the money back. At one point, the circle cut off all communication and covered up. Later, in desperation, the man filed a case in Motijheel police station last September.

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A team from CID’s Dhaka Metro-East unit identified the location of the accused with the help of IT after receiving the charge of investigating the case. Sajjad was first arrested from New Road area of ​​Hazaribagh around 8:30 pm on Monday. Based on the information given by him, Rajiv was arrested from Priyangan shopping center area of ​​Newmarket around 10 pm. At that time, the cell phone and SIM card used in the crime were seized.

During initial interrogation, the arrested persons told the CID officials that they had been cheating for a long time with the lure of online jobs and easy income using fake Telegram IDs. Arrested Sajjad is already involved in such fraudulent activities and has multiple cases against him. Another Rajiv actively cooperated in this fraud operation by opening various bank accounts and providing National Identity Card (NID).

Special Superintendent of Police Jaseem Uddin Khan of CID’s media wing said on Thursday that the two arrested have been sent to the court with a request for remand. CID investigation is going on to find out who else is involved in this gang. At the same time, the police have advised the common people to be careful of the lucrative online income offers.