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3 arrested for involvement in online gambling

Staff Correspondent
01 Sep 2022 14:32:13 | Update: 01 Sep 2022 14:44:33
3 arrested for involvement in online gambling
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The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police has arrested three Bangladeshi agents for their alleged involvement in operating online gambling using betwinner.com.

The CID claimed that they have been converting gambling money into dollars through the Binance app and smuggling it abroad.

The arrested are - Abu Bakr Siddique ,30, Abdullah Al Awal ,6, and Toraf Hossain ,37.

They were arrested from Chouddagram of Cumilla on Wednesday night.

During the raid, six mobile phones, four agent SIMs, two merchant SIMs, one Nagad SIM, two personal SIMs, and one laptop were seized from them.

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Special Superintendent of Police Rezaul Masud gave this information in a press briefing at the CID headquarters in Dhaka's Malibagh area on Thursday.

“The online betting site called Betwinner came to notice during regular monitoring by CID's Cyber ​​Police Centre. It is online gambling. Later, three Bangladeshi agents were identified and arrested,” said he.

Rezarul confirmed that they have admitted their involvement in the illegal transaction.

A case has been filed against them under Digital Security Act at the Paltan police station.

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