3 held over misappropriating Tk 50 lakh from over 100 bank accounts
Three members of a fraud gang -- who misappropriated about Tk 50 lakh from over 100 bank accounts in Dhaka, Faridpur and Cox's Bazar -- have been arrested, Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of police has claimed.
Mamnun Talukdar, leader of the gang, was arrested from a hotel in Cox's Bazar while gang member Raju Farazi was picked up from Dhaka's Jatrabari area on Friday.
Another member Mithu Mridha was arrested at Bhanga in Faridpur on Saturday, said Najmul Islam, additional deputy commissioner (cybercrime) of CTTC unit.
They used to trick ATM card users to know their CVV (card verification value) numbers and OTP (one-time password) of mobile phones, said the official.
According to CTTC, the gang used to collect ATM card numbers, user names, and mobile numbers from branch managers by calling them from cloned numbers of the card divisions of respective banks.
"Later, identifying themselves as customer care agents, they used to call up account holders and tell them that they made the call to activate new cards. The fraudsters used to collect their CVV codes, expiry dates of cards and transfer their money to their App Skrill, bKash or Nogod accounts," said Najmul Islam.
The CTTC team also recovered seven mobile phones and a bulk of fake SIM cards during the drive. It seized one car and froze multiple bank and bKash accounts of the fraudsters, he added.
"The authorities of the banks, that fell prey to the fraudsters, lodged complaints with the CTTC. The CTTC informed the matter to Bangladesh Bank and finally managed to identify the gang after tracking over one lakh mobile numbers in Dhaka, Faridpur and Cox's Bazar."
A case has been filed with the Dhanmondi Police Station in this connection.
The arrestees confessed to their crimes during primary interrogation. Law enforcers had already produced them before court with 10-day remand prayer, said Najmul.
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