Three Nigerians among five arrested for cheating people

Police Bureau Investigation(PBI) yesterday arrested three Nigerians along with two Bangladeshis from the capital for their alleged involvement with cheating people.
They were identified as Md Aoyalu Adamu, Adibobhahemena James, Aloruphemu Denel and two Bangladeshis Mohammed Adamu and Jayana Ara Ria.
PBI said some Nigerian citizens in association with some local influential are allegedly collecting huge amount of money from the people through cheating in the name of giving international prestigious awards. While addressing a press conference at PBI headquarters in the capital, Ahsan Habib Polash, special police superintend of Special Investigation and Operation Wing of the PBI said, the arrested foreigners were using the voice of female to present the forgery very credible.
And as some local people are also involved in the crime along with the Nigerians, they were easily cheating people.
Some Nigerian living legally along with some illegal Nigerian are conducting their fraud activities through SMSs and emails, boss of PBI Special Investigation and Operation Wing added.
On March 27, a businessman filed a case under the ICT Act in Paltan Police Station.
He alleged that the Nigerians took away Tk 37 lakh and 87 thousand from him in the name of providing award.
Later the case was handed over to the PBI
During the investigation, we came to know that some members of the fraud gang are staying in the capital’s’ Shah Ali Police Station area and after getting the information, a team of PBI raided Nawbaber Bag area and arrested the four foreigners along with a local woman, the top PBI official said.    
PBI also seized four laptops, eight mobile phone sets, a bank cheque book, SIMs and pen drive from their possession, said SS Palash
During the primary interrogation, the arrested disclosed that they were cheating people in association with some influential people, said Minar Mahmud, Additional SS of PBI Dhaka Metro. They first inform people that they have been selected for the prizes of UN, UNDP, ICC and others organisations giving a email.
Later they forced people to send them money giving them threat of being accused in money laundering, anti- terrorism cases. We are interrogating the arrested to know other members of the fraud gang, Addl SS Minar added.

 

Three Nigerians among five arrested for cheating people

Police Bureau Investigation(PBI) yesterday arrested three Nigerians along with two Bangladeshis from the capital for their alleged involvement with cheating people. They were identified as Md Aoyalu Adamu, Adibobhahemena James, Aloruphemu Denel and two Bangladeshis Mohammed Adamu and Jayana Ara Ria. PBI said some Nigerian citizens in association with some local influential are allegedly collecting huge amount of money from the people through cheating in the name of giving international prestigious awards. While addressing a press conference at PBI headquarters in the capital, Ahsan Habib Polash, special police superintend of Special Investigation and Operation Wing of the PBI said, the arrested foreigners were using the voice of female to present the forgery very credible. And as some local people are also involved in the crime along with the Nigerians, they were easily cheating people. Some Nigerian living legally along with some illegal Nigerian are conducting their fraud activities through SMSs and emails, boss of PBI Special Investigation and Operation Wing added. On March 27, a businessman filed a case under the ICT Act in Paltan Police Station. He alleged that the Nigerians took away Tk 37 lakh and 87 thousand from him in the name of providing award. Later the case was handed over to the PBI During the investigation, we came to know that some members of the fraud gang are staying in the capitals Shah Ali Police Station area and after getting the information, a team of PBI raided Nawbaber Bag area and arrested the four foreigners along with a local woman, the top PBI official said. PBI also seized four laptops, eight mobile phone sets, a bank cheque book, SIMs and pen drive from their possession, said SS Palash During the primary interrogation, the arrested disclosed that they were cheating people in association with some influential people, said Minar Mahmud, Additional SS of PBI Dhaka Metro. They first inform people that they have been selected for the prizes of UN, UNDP, ICC and others organisations giving a email. Later they forced people to send them money giving them threat of being accused in money laundering, anti- terrorism cases. We are interrogating the arrested to know other members of the fraud gang, Addl SS Minar added.