The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested five people involved in a money laundering syndicate that illegally transferred Tk 400 crore using mobile financial services in the last three months.
The arrestees are Nasim Ahmed, 62, Fazle Rabbi Sumon, 32, Kamruzzaman, 33, Zahir Uddin, 37 and Khairul Islam, 34.
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“We have arrested five people who used to smuggle crores of taka out of the country through MFS. This syndicate laundered around Tk 400 crore to Dubai from January to March this year.” CID Chief Mohammad Ali Mia told a press briefing at its headquarters in the capital on Thursday.
The syndicate buys agent SIMs from Tasmia Associates, a Bkash distributor in Chandgaon, Chattogram, and connects them to computers using modems. The SIMs are then controlled by people using the ‘Zet Robotic Apps’ from an office in Dubai, managing the digital hundi operation.
Shahidul Islam, also known as Mamun, is the main owner of a hundi syndicate and has been living in Dubai since 2020. The authorities arrested Mamun along with four others who run ‘Zet Robotic Apps’, which are managed by Malaysian software developers. Despite being in Dubai, they control these apps and can send money to various numbers in Bangladesh.
They gather foreign currency from expatriate Bangladeshis through agents in this hundi operation, knowing which number or bank account will receive the money.
Then, this circle sent money to the numbers of expatriates’ relatives using apps from agent SIMs collected from Bangladesh. This cycle has used 150 agent SIMs of Tasmia Associates.
“A total of six mobiles, 18 SIM cards, one laptop, six modems and Tk 28.50 lakh were seized from the possession of those arrested,” said the CID chief.