A Cyber Crime Tribunal in Rajshahi on Thursday awarded a youth 12 years of rigorous imprisonment with a fine of Tk 11 lakh in a case filed against him under the Digital Security Act for claiming himself as a high-profile officer and realising a huge sum of money from a large number of people by assuring them to offer jobs in various positions of the Bangladesh Army.
Cyber tribunal Judge Ziaur Rahman pronounced the verdict of the case against Mozaffar Hossain alias Rony (27) son of Badsha Mia of Dandapal village under Debiganj upazila of Panchagarh district.
Public Prosecutor of the case Ismat Ara Begum said the tribunal sentenced Mozaffar Hossain to five years of rigorous imprisonment and fined Tk. 5 lakh, in default, to serve an additional six-month of imprisonment under the Sections 23(1), 24(1), and 26(1) of the Digital Security Act-2018.
For another charge, the tribunal also sentenced the convict to four years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of Tk. three lakh, in default, to serve an additional three-month in jail, under the Sections 24(2) of the DSA. Both the punishments will be served simultaneously, informed Ismat Ara Begum.
Ismat Ara further mentioned, by claiming himself as a high ranking army officer, often as a Major General, Mozaffar Hossain contacted the job seekers and realised a huge sum of money by offering them jobs in the army.
She said that Mozaffar cheated and realised Tk. 30 lakh from various job seekers assuring them of giving a job in the army.
Being informed, members of Rapid Action Battalion held him from Nayatola Moghbazar area under Motijheel Police Station in the capital on 6 January in 2020 and recovered three mobile phones used for the digital fraud.
Rezaul Karim, sub-inspector of RAB-5, filed a case under the DSA with the Bagmara Police Station in Rajshahi in this connection.
Later, the Criminal Investigation Department investigated the case and filed a case with the Rajshahi Cyber Crime Tribunal.