4 held with illegal calling cards, VoIP equipment
Rab and BTRC claimed to have arrested four persons with international calling cards and illegal VoIP equipment worth nearly Tk 20 crore during a joint raid at a printing press in the capital's Fakirapool on Thursday.
The arrestees are Mohammad Amir Hamza (33), Alamgir Hossain (45), Shamim Mia (29) and Sagar Mia (27).
Among them, one is a fugitive accused in a case filed with Sher-e-Bangla Police Station, said a BTRC press release yesterday.
Several kinds of electronic equipment used in VoIP business were recovered from them.
If the international calling cards found from them were used, the government could have been deprived of an estimated revenue of Tk 194,747,750 crore, said the release.
Primary investigation revealed that the arrestees are members of an illegal VoIP business ring. They have been running VoIP and international payment and recharge business illegally for seven to eight years.
A total of 150,000 printed cards of 107 types were seized in the raid.
The arrestees were also said to be illegally providing international recharge services and transacting money through hundi services.
Legal action is being taken against them.
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