CID arrests 'fraudster' posing as senior police officials for defrauding Tk15 lakh
The arrestee, Md Saddam Hossain, 35, was apprehended yesterday from Dhaka’s Hasnabad area of South Keraniganj, by the Cyber Police Centre (CPC) unit of the CID
The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested an alleged member of an organised fraud gang for impersonating senior police officials and defrauding a businesswoman of Tk15 lakh.
The arrestee, Md Saddam Hossain, 35, was apprehended yesterday from Dhaka's Hasnabad area of South Keraniganj, by the Cyber Police Centre (CPC) unit of the CID, according to a CID press release.
Initial investigations revealed that on 25 August, a businesswoman named Khurshid Jahan received a WhatsApp call from a person introducing himself as "OC Mohsin," CID said.
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The caller claimed that money-laundering suspect Alam Gazi, in police custody, had used Jahan's NID for illegal transactions and pressured her to deposit money into several BRAC Bank accounts, the release added.
CID further said Khurshid subsequently transferred Tk15 lakh in three instalments to the accounts. Later, when the group, posing as a "DIG," demanded an additional Tk2 lakh, she became suspicious and filed a case with Dhanmondi Police Station under Sections 406/420 of the Penal Code (Case No. 16, 28 August).
During the arrest, officers recovered a smartphone and two SIM cards from Saddam's possession.
