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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested 15 Nigerians, members of an international fraudulent gang, for embezzling large sums of money in the name of giving gifts through social media Facebook.
According to CID sources, the detainees befriended a US military officer through a fake Facebook ID and scammed a large amount of money to give her millions of dollars in gifts.
They were arrested Thursday in separate raids in different areas of the capital, including Pallabi.
The detainees are Njubechukou Eugene Dara (30), Chuauma John Okechukou (40), Uchenna Damian Ameisiani (30), Chisom Anthony Aquenzi (35), Simon Ifechukouwade Okafar (30), Henriw (3), Henriw (3)), OKK Peter (32), Emeka Donatas (48), Goji Oniyedo (48), Peter Chika Akpu (48), Obinna Sunday (40), Enwanna Young (34), Jeremiah Chukudi AJOB (34) and Stephen Ozio 34).
Nine laptops, 22 mobile phones and five newspapers were recovered.
Additional DIG Sheikh Rezaul Haider said this at a press conference held at the Malibagh CID office in the capital on Friday afternoon. Other senior CID officials were also present.
Sheikh Rezaul Haider said that detainees who used the fake Facebook and WhatsApp ID of the US military officer established friendly relations with people from different countries, including Bangladesh, by sending interesting personal images via SMS on their laptops and used mobiles. He later said in a text message that he was in Yemen, Afghanistan or Syria. He has millions of dollars, but they could be lost at any moment because of the war in that country. So you want to give away dollars or this valuable asset to a new friend. He also said that if he survives, he will get them back later.
The CID official said that with such temptation, first collect the mobile number with the friends ‘address and send the photo of the gift package to the friends’ messenger or WhatsApp to that address. In the following message, one of the airlines sends a picture of the receipt that the gift package has been booked. Exactly two days later, a video call on the mobile phone of a friend (victim) shows the gift packages at the airport customs office and asks him to pay customs VAT in different steps. In this way, they have taken a huge amount of money from countless people, including a government employee. He took Rs 5 lakh from the government employee.
Rezaul Haider told reporters that the victim subsequently informed the CID. When they called again for money, a CID team confiscated a large number of mobile phones, laptops and other identities from the customs officer in Hatena and arrested them.
They have been in Bangladesh for a long time without a visa with false information and under the pretext of giving dollars or gifts. So far they have embezzled a large amount of money in order to give gifts.
Furthermore, he said they have foolishly scammed huge sums of money through associates and bank accounts in their respective countries in the name of misleading people from different countries including India, Malaysia, Singapore, Dubai, the Philippines and Indonesia. They are a cycle of international fraud. Your allies are stationed in every country.
Previously, the CID had arrested 13 people from the capital on July 2, 3 and 21 on charges of cheating in the same manner. The names of one or more bank account holders used to receive fraudulent money in each of the 15 cases arrested Thursday match them.
A case has been filed against them at the Pallabi Police Station under the Digital Security Act.
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