DHAKA, Aug 18, 2021 (BSS) – The cyber crime investigation team of Counter Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit of police has arrested five members of a mobile banking fraud ring through separate operations across the country.

“The arrested cheats were engaged in a fraudulent ring and embezzled money through mobile banking and various criminal activities,” Additional Commissioner of DMP and Chief of CTTC Md Asaduzzaman told BSS here today.

He said the CTTC has been working to detect criminals wherever they are engaging in any kind of criminal activity, militancy, cyber crime, or other offences by using modern devices.

“We are alert. Vigilance as been strengthened everywhere to identify and detain criminals,” Asaduzzaman said.

According to CTTC’s Cyber Crime Investigation Department, the arrested persons were collecting pre-activated and various SIMs having mobile banking accounts from different parts of the country.

Later, they could supply it to various fraudsters at high price which were used in various criminal activities including mobile banking activities.

Even the money collected through mobile banking fraud was sent to the arrested persons and they would send it back to the fraud gang keeping a certain amount as commission, it said.

According to statements of the arrestees, when anyone comes to buy a SIM with smart identity card, the arrested cheats picks up two SIMs without the buyer’s knowledge.

It said one of the two they could give to the customer and the other they kept with themselves. At the same time, they used to create a bKash/Rocket account using the pre-activated SIM and NID of the customer. They also took advantage of the ignorance of a customer who came to buy a SIM and took fingerprint.

A case was filed with Jatrabari police station against them.