April 21, (THEWILL) – The Dhaka Metropolitan Police in Bangladesh, have arrested 11 Nigerians over their involvement in a Facebook scam.
According to a Bangladeshi online newspaper, bdnews24, the Nigerians were arrested alongside one Bangladeshi, on charges of obtaining money from people under the false pretence of exchanging their Bangladeshi Taka into US dollar.
In a media briefing on Thursday, the Police said the suspects were arrested in separate operations in Dhaka, the country’s capital city, on Wednesday.
The Nigerian suspects are Henri Osita Okechukwu, Chisom Emmanuel Obiajulu, Okeke Peter, Obinna Sunday, Oneka Amba, Chisom Anthony Ekwenze, Okeyea Azubike, Anuyarah Ojuyemena Daniel, Anurika Ginika Francis, Luke and Domado Chinedu.
Their Bangladeshi accomplice, Chadni Akter, reportedly concealed her identity and pretended to be a customs official.
A commissioner at the Detective Branch of the DMP, AKM Hafiz Akter, said, “The leaders of the fraud ring are Osita Okechukwu and Chisom Emmanuel.
“They used to maintain communication with their Bangladeshi accomplices and distribute the embezzled money among other members of the gang.
“The other members of the gang swindled people out of huge amounts of money with promises of expensive gifts and investment after developing a virtual friendship with fake Facebook ID as an American or European citizen.”
Upon arrest, items recovered from the suspects include a dollar ‘trick’ machine, 17 phones, two laptops, chemical bottles and copies of warrants of different cases.
According to Aktar, a number of Bangladeshi citizens, apart from Chadni, were also involved with the gang.
Aktar said the law enforcers have launched a manhunt to trace out other criminals, adding that legal action had been taken against the apprehended suspects.
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