Detective Branch (DB) of police have detained a foreigner and three officials of City Bank for their suspected involvement in the recent ATM card scam.
DB Deputy Commissioner (North) Sheikh Nazmul Alam told the Dhaka Tribune they were detained from Gulshan area on Sunday night.
Of the detainees, the foreigner was identified as "Thomas". The City Bank officials are Moksed Alam Maksud, Rezaul Karim Shahin and Refaz Ahmed Roni.
The law enforcers seized a Polish passport from the foreigner's possession. The ID card, also seized from "Thomas", says that he is a German citizen.
According to a DB press release, he had stolen the passport and turned himself into "Piotr Szczepan Mazurek" from "Thomas".
During primary interrogation, "Thomas" claimed himself to be a German national. However, police said they are considering "Thomas" as a Polish citizen as he was carrying a Polish passport.
"Thomas" said that an international gang is engaged with the ATM scam. He plotted the scam along with a Bangladeshi expatriate in London, a Bulgarian and a Ukrainian national.
According to Bangladesh bank, more than Tk20 lakh have been withdrawn from ATM booths of several private commercial banks in recent weeks with at least 40 forged debit cards.