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4 Nigerians arrested in city
DHAKA, Aug 7, 2020 (BSS) – Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) has arrested
four Nigerian citizens and a Bangladeshi woman from the city’s Kafrul
and Pallabi area for their alleged involvement in embezzlement of
money through social media.
The arrested were Onuorah Namdi Frank, 32, Udeze Obinna Ruben, 41,
Macduhu Kelvin, 41, Frank Jacob, 35, and Tumpa Akhter, 23, who used to
introduce herself as a customs officer, said a press release.
RAB seized two expired passports, bank deposit books, cheque books,
12 mobile phones, a private jeep, and more than Tk three Lakh in cash
from the detainees. Copies of screenshots of their conversations on
social media – Facebook, WhatsApp and Emo – were also seized.
He said the arrested Nigerians have been living in Dhaka for a long
time. They used to introduce themselves as US citizens on social media
to scam people and develop a friendly relationship with people on
social media. After a while they would tempt their victims with
expensive gifts for them from the US.
A few days later, Tumpa claimed to be a customs officer called the
victims to say there is a gift parcel for them and asked the victims
to pay necessary customs VAT and duty to get the parcel, the RAB
official said.
The victims sent money to different banks after talking to the
frauds. Later, the frauds collected the money from banks.
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