Five GP staff among 11 arrested over SIM cloning

Eleven fraudsters -- five of them employees of Grameenphone – have been arrested from different parts of the country in connection with the siphoning off funds from customer accounts by cloning mobile banking data.
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested them from different places, including Dhaka, Madaripur and Faridpur, CID’s additional deputy inspector general (DIG) Shah Alam said while talking to a group of journalists at the CID headquarters on Monday.
The Grameenphone employees were identified as Sajidullah Dastagir, Hasanur Rahman, Murad Hossain, Imran alias Miraj and Shyamal Baroi.
The other fraudsters arrested were Jahid Hossain, Delwar Hossain, Mahbub Sheikh, Tonmoy Hossain, Kapil Gyne and Saddam Hossain alias Osman.
Shyamal, Delwar, Mahbub, Tonmoy, Kapil and Saddam have been taken on police remand, police said.
“We arrested the Grameenphone employees following a CID inquiry into a case filled with the Motijheel police station by Rafiqul Islam, a businessman,” Shah Alam said. CID inspector Ashrafuzzaman, investigating officer of the case, said the five Grameenphone employees worked in different customer care centres of the mobile operator.
The Grameenphone management, however, told The Independent that they were not aware of the arrests.
Rafiqul Islam, the owner of a mobile banking outlet, Rawa Enterprise, at Fakirapool, had complained that on January 31, an unidentified person(s) had withdrawn Tk. 24,500 and Tk. 5,000 in two separate fake transactions using his mobile number.
That night, when a person came to the shop and asked for an amount of Tk. 1,000 in cash, Rafiqul Islam said the number had been deactivated.
Rafiqul Islam immediately informed Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd and bKash about these fraudulent transactions and later came to know that someone had cloned his SIM card and was using it to withdraw cash from his account.
CID official Shah Alam told The Independent that the 11 fraudsters were arrested following Rafiqul’s complaint.
He said the five employees of Grameenphone working in its customer care cells were arrested after a meticulous investigation proved their involvement in passing on mobile banking details to the fraudsters. “This gang used the Grameenphone employees to clone the SIMs of agents and customers to siphon off money from customer accounts,” he added.
“We took time to zero in on the gang and used different tactics to acquire the passwords used by them,” Shah Alam said. Alam added that modern technology was used to track down the gang.

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Five GP staff among 11 arrested over SIM cloning

Eleven fraudsters -- five of them employees of Grameenphone have been arrested from different parts of the country in connection with the siphoning off funds from customer accounts by cloning mobile banking data. The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested them from different places, including Dhaka, Madaripur and Faridpur, CIDs additional deputy inspector general (DIG) Shah Alam said while talking to a group of journalists at the CID headquarters on Monday. The Grameenphone employees were identified as Sajidullah Dastagir, Hasanur Rahman, Murad Hossain, Imran alias Miraj and Shyamal Baroi. The other fraudsters arrested were Jahid Hossain, Delwar Hossain, Mahbub Sheikh, Tonmoy Hossain, Kapil Gyne and Saddam Hossain alias Osman. Shyamal, Delwar, Mahbub, Tonmoy, Kapil and Saddam have been taken on police remand, police said. We arrested the Grameenphone employees following a CID inquiry into a case filled with the Motijheel police station by Rafiqul Islam, a businessman, Shah Alam said. CID inspector Ashrafuzzaman, investigating officer of the case, said the five Grameenphone employees worked in different customer care centres of the mobile operator. The Grameenphone management, however, told The Independent that they were not aware of the arrests. Rafiqul Islam, the owner of a mobile banking outlet, Rawa Enterprise, at Fakirapool, had complained that on January 31, an unidentified person(s) had withdrawn Tk. 24,500 and Tk. 5,000 in two separate fake transactions using his mobile number. That night, when a person came to the shop and asked for an amount of Tk. 1,000 in cash, Rafiqul Islam said the number had been deactivated. Rafiqul Islam immediately informed Dutch-Bangla Bank Ltd and bKash about these fraudulent transactions and later came to know that someone had cloned his SIM card and was using it to withdraw cash from his account. CID official Shah Alam told The Independent that the 11 fraudsters were arrested following Rafiquls complaint. He said the five employees of Grameenphone working in its customer care cells were arrested after a meticulous investigation proved their involvement in passing on mobile banking details to the fraudsters. This gang used the Grameenphone employees to clone the SIMs of agents and customers to siphon off money from customer accounts, he added. We took time to zero in on the gang and used different tactics to acquire the passwords used by them, Shah Alam said. Alam added that modern technology was used to track down the gang. Related News: The biggest offers the worst(17-03-2014) Grameenphone rejoinder and our reply(20-03-2014) Judge sues Grameenphone, BTRC(04-09-2014) Leasing out rly land to GP: Govt loses Tk 20cr(16-09-2014) Evasion of Tk 3,034cr tax: GP faces fresh audit(02-10-2014) GP evades Tk 400cr tax: NBR(03-10-2014) Call drops belie GP quality claims(15-10-2014) GP says sorry to client for changing package(15-10-2014) The largest offers the slowest GP 2G, 3G internet speed poorest among leading mobile operators Report(20-10-2014) US labour body lodges complaint against GP(21-11-2014) GP employees stage demo across country Services disrupted(22-12-2014) GP workers unrest continues(23-12-2014) GP agrees to pay employees(25-12-2014) GP, Banglalink, Airtel flout guidelines(12-01-2015) GP hits Tk 100b revenue landmark(10-02-2015) Displeasure at GP over job cut(21-05-2015) GP associate firm defaults Tk 33cr VAT payment(26-05-2015) Grameenphone reluctant to provide MNP services to subscribers(12-06-2015) GPs illegal business(18-06-2015) DRU accuses GP of cheating(23-06-2015) GP ghost bills(28-06-2015) GP seeks until Tuesday to fix problem(05-07-2015) NBR seeks bank statements of Grammeenphone(04-08-2015) VIPs SIM cards cloned(17-09-2015) Telcos ride on fake ID cards(20-09-2015) BTRC to start auditing GP on October 20(07-10-2015) Ministers vent spleen on GP service(15-10-2015) GP under renewed fire from telecoms minister(20-10-2015) GP under ACC probe(27-11-2015) GP deprives railways of Tk 81cr a year: CAG(05-01-2016) BTRC orders GP not to hinder audit process(11-02-2016) BTRC seeks explanation from GP, ADN, Agni(04-04-2016) GP clarification(05-04-2016)