The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police has arrested 15 Nigerian nationals from the capital over allegations of committing fraud social media platforms.
Additional deputy inspector general (DIG) of CID Sheikh Md Rezaul Haider disclosed the matter in a media briefing on Friday.
Law enforcement agencies claimed they were arrested from different parts of Dhaka. The gang took to social media platforms to cheat people in the name of gift-giving.
The CID seized 9 laptops and 22 mobile phones from their possession. A case has been filed against them with Pallabi police station under the Digital Security Act.
The arrestees mainly used a fake Facebook account of an American female army officer for committing fraud.
Earlier on July 21, the CID arrested 12 Nigerians and a Bangladeshi woman from the Pallabi area of the capital. All of them were the members of a 'gift fraud' gang.
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