The anti-crime elite force Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) arrested two people from city’s suburb Keraniganj area in connection with illegally trading cryptocurrency.
The arrestees are identified as MS Khan Sohan, 26 and Hridoy Sarkar, 23. Talking to the Bangladesh Post, ASP Enayet Kabir Shoyeb, who is also the ops officer of RAB-10, confirmed the matter on Monday afternoon.
He said, getting secret information, a team of RAB-10 raided in East Charail Nurjahan Nagar area under Keraniganj Model Police Station at 3:50pm on Sunday.
The law enforcers arrested the duo for their alleged involvement in trading various types of illegal goods through payment gateway e-wallet.com.bd and various virtual currencies, RAB sources said.
RAB personnel also seized one laptop and three mobile phones from their possession.
During primary interrogation, arrested Sohan admitted that he was the founder and original admin of e-wallet.com.bd. He has 10 or 12 accounts on various crypto-currency platforms and through these accounts he has made more than 42,712 successful transactions, which is estimated around Tk18 to 20 crore.
They used to sell illegal cryptocurrencies to the customers through this site and collect their illegal money from the customers using bKash, nagad and rocket agent numbers in different areas including Dhaka.
A case under the Digital Security Act was filed in this connection.
