Police in Dhaka say they have taken down a bank theft ring, which was involved in transferring large amounts of funds from accounts of businessmen through electronic fraud.
“On January 25 [Tuesday], the gang attempted to transfer Tk6 crore from the account of SM Ashraful Alam, a director of Walton Hi-Tech Industries Limited,” Deputy Commissioner Md Azaduzzaman of the Dhaka metro police’s Gulshan Division told the media on Friday.
The fund from the Dutch-Bangla Bank account was wired to an AB Bank account, but the transaction seemed suspicious to a DBBL official, who got in touch with the client, according to the senior police officer.
The matter was reported to the Vatara police the same day and on Thursday, five people were arrested. The rest were nabbed based on information gleaned from them.
The suspects include a member of the DBBL's staff, said Deputy Commissioner Asaduzzaman.
They have been identified as Md Zakir Hossain, Yeasin Ali, Mahbub Ishtyak Bhuiyan, Anisur Rahman, Sohan, Md Aslam, Abdur Razzak, Md Dulal Hossain, Md Anwar Hossain Bhuiyan, Md Nazrul Islam and DBBL’s Karwan Bazar branch staff member Zakir Hossen.
Police said that the gang used to include different bank officials in their team before making attempts to steal large sums from accounts of industrialists.
