Through various social media, websites and apps, the cycle involves money laundering by involving young people on online gambling. The North Division of the city detective policemen have arrested 5 members of this gang.
Additional Commissioner (Crime and Operations) of Chittagong Metropolitan Police (CMP) Shyamal Kumar Nath said in a press briefing on Thursday that they had been arrested.
The five members of the arrested frauds are: Md. Shakhawat Hossain Prakash Shawon (20), Md. Monir Hossain (40), Md. Arif Uddin (40), Faisal Khan (32) and Md. Jabed Mia
(40). A private car, laptop, mobile phone, SIM card, port modem were used for fraud. Bank check, cash 2 lakh 22 thousand 500 rupees were recovered from them.
Additional Commissioner Shyamal Kumar Nath said five members of the online gambling ring were arrested from the Jalalabad Housing Society area under Khulshi police station in a sting operation. They have been targeting young people in different parts of the city for the last four months.
‘Later they took money from them through mobile banking service development, rocket and cash. The money is being smuggled to a person in Ukraine by converting the money into dollars. '
He said cases have been filed against members of the fraud ring. They have been charged with money laundering. The CID will investigate the case.
CMP Additional Deputy Commissioner (DB-North) Asif Mohiuddin said the online gambling ring used various social media, websites and apps to lure young people into online gambling and swindle them out of money. The fraudsters have been active in various parts of the city. We are monitoring. At this time, he urged the youth not to fall into the trap of these scams.