The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested a man named Khokon Bepari, alias Junayed, from Narayanganj on Sunday under allegations of ATM card fraud.
“Khokon Bepari is the kingpin of a group who embezzled around Tk 1 crore from people in the last 5 to 6 years,” CID Special Superintendent Mukta Dhar told the media during a press briefing held at the CID headquarters in Malibagh, Dhaka on Monday.
Mukta Dhar said the group used to call Mobile Financial Service (MFS) customers under the guise of customer service operators and told customers that their accounts were going to be suspended, and their current balance had to be transferred to debit or credit cards.
“Then the fraud ring sought the customers’ debit or credit card numbers, CVN codes and sent an OTP number. Using this tactic, the scammer group transferred the balance from the customers’ card to the ring’s MFS account,” the CID official added.
Police informed that Khokon Bepari has two Facebook pages— “its khokon bro” and “its khokon bro 02”. Using these pages, he connected to a large number of people and people with significant socioeconomic status.
Several such victims complained to the CID office, which then started the investigation, police added.
