The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of Bangladesh Police claims to have arrested two members of a fraudulent ring that specialises in defrauding Mastercard and Visa cardholders by hacking into their accounts. The arrestees were identified as Md. Rabiul Mia and Nazrul Islam, both hailing from Faridpur’s Bhanga upazila, although they were arrested from Dinajpur, said a CID media release on Friday. 4th Joint Coordinating Committee meeting of Dhaka Road Traffic Safety Project held Tipped off, the cybercrime unit of CID conducted a drive in Dinajpur and arrested the duo on Thursday, it added. During the drive, a total of 5 mobile phone sets and 10 active SIMs were seized from their possession. Man jailed for life for killing wife in Sirajganj Most of the SIMs are registered in the name of fake identities, added the release. Several cases have been filed in different police stations of Dhaka city in such incidents. 35 years after Sagira Morshed murder, Dhaka court to deliver verdict Rabiul and Nazrul were shown as arrested in a case filed at Ramna police station on January 23 and sent to the court, reads the release.

The Detective Branch (DB) of Gulshan Division of Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) has claimed to have arrested four members of a fraud ring for ripping off Mastercard and Visa cardholders by hacking into their accounts. The arrestees are Md Sohel Mir, Md Nazmul Hossain, Parul and Md Tara Mia. Read: Teen gansters stab teenager to death in Khulna On Friday and Saturday, a team of DB Gulshan conducted several raids in Dhaka, Faridpur and Savar and arrested them, Mohammad Harun-or Rasheed, additional commissioner of DMP, said Saturday. As Visa and Mastercard are being used for electronic payment, shopping and withdrawal of money from ATM booths and mobile recharging, the gang was hacking into the accounts of card users and ripping them off for a long time. A member of this gang would collect the mobile numbers of cardholders and send them to Nazmul and Sohel, Harun-or Rasheed said. Read: Kushtia youth arrested 'for hurting religious sentiments' on Facebook Sohel and Nazmul, posing as officers of the card division of various banks, including Standard Chartered and Brac, called the numbers of Visa and MasterCard users. They would tell the cardholders that their information had to be updated immediately or else their cards would be suspended. Many cardholders with large account balances panicked and did as the fraudsters said, Harun-or Rasheed added. "Several cases were filed at Gulshan, Banani and Hatirjheel police stations in this regard. Also, efforts are underway to arrest other members of the gang," the additional commissioner said.