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Dhaka: A fraudulent gang runs an office by renting a flat in an elite area. The cycle has been called the Royal Department of Traps or RDC.
The members of this gang have scammed millions of rupees by attacking various retired senior officials or big businessmen in an innovative way.
The Dhaka Metropolitan Police Detective Branch (DB) arrested five members of the gang on Friday (December 16) in raids in the Gulshan, Bhatara and Bahantech areas of the capital.
A briefcase used in the scam, various tools including files, and Rs 65 lakh were recovered from them.
The detainees are Shahidul Islam alias Shahid Chairman (52), Mohammad Ali (59), Sumon Ahmed (33), Tofail Hossain Ratan (60) and M Azad (48).
According to DB, the network has been carrying out fraudulent activities in different parts of the country, including Dhaka, for about 20 years. He has even taken large sums of money from several people, including a former secretary. There are also multiple cases against members of this clique.
Mashiur Rahman, deputy commissioner of the DB Gulshan division, said the gang members first rented houses or apartments in elite areas under pseudonyms, displaying good clothes and manners. A group of them addresses different professionals. At the top of the target is a retired senior civil servant or a great businessman who constantly transacts money.
Many times they go to someone’s house in the name of renting a house. Sometimes people talk about great deals and invite people to invest there. Attract victims with specific people in rented offices. 
Some of the scammers identify themselves as large foreign businessmen. Many people lose everything by investing in their temptation. Meanwhile, the gang turned off the phone and fled the office shortly after their money was stolen.
He further said that after several incidents recently came to light, the DB Gulshan Division has already identified some eight offices and launched an operation. There are separate cases of embezzlement of Tk 94.50 lakh and Tk 14 lakh at Gulshan Police Station and embezzlement of Tk 57 lakh at Bhatara Police Station.
Bangladesh time: 0308 hours, December 19, 2020
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