DB nabs nine people in city

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The Detective Branch (DB) personnel of the Dhaka Metropolitan Police nabbed nine people, including six Chinese nationals, from the capital's Uttara and Turag areas over their alleged involvement in online gambling, cyber fraud and illegal digital financial transactions.
"They collected money through Nagad and bKash accounts and immediately transferred it abroad," DB Chief and Additional Police Commissioner Shafiqul Islam told the media at a press conference, held at the DMP Media Centre on Thursday.
"These technologically advanced Chinese nationals targeted Bangladesh through various online advertisements to lure people into fraudulent schemes. The group had been laundering money abroad, collected through online gambling scams."
The arrested Chinese nationals are MA (33), Zhang Jiahao (22), Lio Jinzhi (32), Wang Shibo (24), Chang Tiantian (29), and James Zhu (43). The other arrested individuals are Md Kawser Hossain (24), Md Abdul Karim (28), and Rokon Uddin (40).
During monitoring operations the cyber team identified advertisements for online gambling, deposit bonus offers and illegal transactions through bKash and Nagad on Facebook, YouTube, Telegram groups and fake websites. These websites trapped ordinary people by offering promises of doubling or tripling their [invested] money within a short period.