The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested two members of an organised online fraud ring accused of embezzling money by offering fake jobs through Telegram and luring victims with promises of high returns.
The arrested individuals are Md Julhas Uddin, 39, and Prohor, 28. They were arrested during a raid in the Sadar area of Kishoreganj district on Thursday night, December 17.
CID Special Superintendent of Police (Media) Md Sufi Ullah disclosed the information on Friday.
According to the release, Mehedi Haque Niyon, 49, filed a case over the fraud. In his complaint, he said the online fraud ring offered him a job at Zales, a jewellery company, through a Telegram account on August 24 last year.
After Mehedi visited the company’s website and expressed interest in the job, the fraudsters created a phishing link and used it to redirect him to a fake website.
The gang subsequently used various tactics to defraud him of over Tk94 lakh, according to the case statement.
Mehedi filed the case with Paltan police station on January 3 this year.
The CID said that after taking charge of the investigation, it identified members of the organised fraud ring involved in the scam based on various data and intelligence.
As part of the investigation, a CID team conducted a raid in Kishoreganj Sadar and arrested Julhas, named as accused No 19 in the case.
Based on information provided by Julhas, the team later arrested another accused, Prohor.
The arrested individuals have been sent to court with a remand petition, the CID said, adding that the investigation is ongoing.
