Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has detained a member of a fraud ring from Madaripur on Friday on charge of embezzling about Tk 1.5 lakh from the family members of the July-August movement martyr Sifat Ullah. The arrestee is Md Akash Bepari, 21, son of Iskan Bepari of Chowdhury Kandi village in Madaripur, said Additional Superintendent of Police Azad Rahman (CID - media wing). A team from the Cyber Intelligence and Risk Management Wing of the CID conducted a series of raids in the Surjanagar area under the Shibchar Thana in Madaripur district and arrested a suspect on Friday. During initial interrogation, the accused confessed that they are a gang of 14 to 15 individuals who have been extorting money from victims through fraudulent schemes for an extended period. The process of filing a case against the detainee is currently underway. The CID’s monitoring team learned through various news reports that the family of Sifat Ullah in Kishoreganj had fallen victim to fraud. Sifat Ullah, a 19-year-old resident of Munyarikanda village in Pakundia upazila, was a student at Mauna Emdadul Uloom Jamia Islamia Madrasa in Sreepur Upazila, Gazipur. He was killed during the recent uprising. Tati League leader arrested from Dhaka's Sutrapur over killing of student Following his death, several organizations provided financial assistance to his family. However, on October 10, the family reported to the Cyber Monitoring Unit that fraudsters had cunningly taken Tk 1,56,150 from them. The group, posing as government officials from the Finance Ministry, contacted Sifat's family, claiming they were calling to facilitate a donation. They requested the family's bank account number and ATM card information, and then asked for the OTP by discussing the serial number needed to process the donation. After obtaining the OTP, the fraudsters withdraw money from the card.

Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal on Wednesday has said that members of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested vernacular daily Prothom Alo’s reporter Shamsuzzaman Shams in a case.   The minister came up with the remarks while responding to questions from journalists after an event at the ministry. “Police can take measures if anyone being aggrieved seeks justice and lodges case at police station,” he said. “However I am not fully clear about the matter but something happened centering the case,” the minister said.   Terming the Prothom Alo’s report as baseless, he said, “You journalists through Ekattor TV reported that the baseless news was prepared with ill motive.”  “I will inform you of the details after knowing all,” the minister added.  Read more: Prothom Alo journalist ‘picked up by law enforcement agency’ Earlier on Wednesday, Shamsuzzaman was picked up by CID members from his Savar residence. Witnesses and family members said 16 Criminal Investigation Department (CID) members in plainclothes picked him up from his residence in Ambagan area adjacent to Jahangirnagar University around 4:30 am.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) on Sunday submitted information on eight money laundering cases to the High Court. Information on these cases under financial crimes investigation and signed by CID Special Superintendent of Police Md Humayun Kabi has been submitted as per the HC order. The accused in the eight cases are - expelled leaders of Juba League Ismail Chowdhury Samrat, Enamul Haque Arman, Khaled Mahmud Bhuiyan, expelled commissioners Mominul Haque Sayeed, Rajib Hossain Rana, Jamal Bhatara, Shariful Islam, Awlad Hossain, Shajahan Bablu, Nazmul Abedin, Sohela Abedin, AKM Jahid Hossain, A&B Outerwear & Norm Outfit & Accessories Ltd. Chittagong’s CEPZ. The report also mentioned hacking Bangladesh Bank's vault. Unidentified hackers have been accused in the case as well. Read: HC wants to know steps taken to prevent money laundering by e-commerce firms It said that a total of 81 million USD was smuggled to the Philippines and 20 million USD to Sri Lanka. Among them, 14.61 million USD was recovered from the Philippines and 20 million USD from Sri Lanka, the report said. The report contains information on money laundered to 6 countries.

Members of Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested one of the directors of 24tkt.com, yet another scam operation beneath the veil of e-commerce from the 3Sadarghat area in Old Dhaka, on charge of embezzling money through fraudulence. Mizanur Rahman Sohel is not the first member of the board of directors of 24tkt.com to be arrested. READ: Money laundered by e-commerce firms to be recovered: Murad Hassan Earlier on October 4, a team of CID arrested another director of 24tkt.com Rakibul Hasan from Chuadanga district. According to the complaint of a customer, the accused in collusion with them embezzled money through providing false information on their websites and Facebook. The e-commerce platform www.24tkt.com launched its website in 2019 and so far it has been used to embezzle Tk 50 crore, police sources said. Besides, a team of cybercrime police of CID arrested an agent of ringID, a social media platform, from Borogram in Kamrangirchar of Dhaka on Sunday. The arrestee was identified as Redwan Rahman, 22. After primary interrogation, Redwan said he got involved in the e-commerce platform as a user and embezzled over Tk 1 crore selling the Id of customers. READ: More e-commerce scams exposed: 6 officials of Tholay.com, WeCoom.com held The platform used the well-worn formula introduced by Evaly to defraud people, by offering products at abnormally large discounts, conceding there may be delays but in cases of cancellation or refunds, plus even gimmicky 'cashback' offers, the money would only be returned as far as the customer's 'e-wallet' on the platform, from where it could only be spent again on tkt24.com, and thus effectively never being returned at all.  

A court here on Tuesday sentenced a man  to death in a case filed over killing his elder brother and three members of his family last year. The convict is Raihanur Rahman, 36, son of Shahjahan of Khalisha village in Kalaroa upazila of the district. Read:Bangladesh introduces death penalty for rape Satkhira Senior District and Sessions Judge Sheikh Mafizur Rahman handed down the verdict. According to the prosecution, Raihanur was unemployed and used to depend on his elder brother Shahinur. Raihanur and Shahinur’s wife Sabina Khatun had been at loggerheads over the issue. On October 14, 2020, Raihanur stabbed Shahinur Rahman, 40, Sabina Khatun, 30, their two children—Siam Hossain Mahi, 10 and Tasnim Sultana, 8, to death after tying up their hands and legs. Read:Man gets death penalty for carrying heroin in Gaibandha Moyna Khatun, mother-in-law of Shahinur, filed a case in this connection. Later, a team of Criminal Investigation Department arrested Raihanur and three others in this connection. Raihanur gave his confessional statements under section 164.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police arrested five alleged members of a gang, including a foreign national, for smuggling hundreds of crores using livestreaming apps Bigo and Likee. Mobile phones, laptops, private cars, credit cards and cheque books of various banks, along with undisclosed amounts of cash, were recovered from their possession. The arrested Bangladeshi nationals were identified as Mostafa Saif Reza (26), Md Arif Hossain (27), SM Nazmul Haque (27), and Asma ul Husna Sejuti (28). The CID did not reveal the identity of the foreign national, for 'purpose of investigation'. Read Tecno launches 1st shopping cart campaign on Likee Briefing reporters at the CID's head office in the capital's Malibagh on Sunday, head of Cyber police DIG Jamil Ahmed said the people in ultimate control of organised criminal rings using apps like Bigo and Likee, are still out of reach. "But we are collecting all important information about them," he added. The arrested foreign national is "directly involved" with Bigo and Likee apps, while Mostafa Saif Reza is Bigo and Likee's Bangladeshi admin, he added. Bigo Live and Likee are live video streaming apps owned by JOYY Inc, a Chinese company that is listed on New York's NASDAQ, the capital market for tech companies. Read Top 5 Mobile Apps for Farmers in Bangladesh DIG Jamil Ahmed said that the arrested Arif Hossain used to associate different girls with Bigo Live by giving jobs on a monthly salary. SM Nazmul Haque is one of the leading Bangladeshi agents for selling virtual currency diamonds, while Asma ul Husna Sejuti  is the chief admin of Bigo Live. Admins get a salary of Tk 1 lakh per month. Jamil said that information about criminal activity through these apps was recently published through various newspapers and magazines and social media. In this context, the issue of smuggling huge amounts of money abroad through live streaming apps Bigo Live and Likee came to the notice of CID's cyber unit. After that, they started investigating. The Cyber police chief said during the investigation, it was revealed that many of the country's youngsters and expatriate Bangladeshis stream videos on Bigo Live and Likee. The Bigo Live app has two types of ID: one is Broadcaster ID and the other is Supporter ID or Sender ID. Adolescents use Broadcaster ID to stream live video. This is used to spread various obscenities behind the veil of so-called entertainment. Read Top Job Searching apps in Bangladesh Those who streamed videos with a supporter ID or sender ID were gifted a 'digital coin-like diamond'. Later, the diamond was used to make huge amounts of money illegally. He also said that during interrogation, the arrestees have disclosed  the names of several more people associated with them and more than Tk 100 crore worth of transactions have been found in the accounts of their various banks and mobile banking services in the last one year. Meanwhile, BIGO Technology (BIGO) in a statement Sunday evening said that the company has a zero-tolerance policy against any criminal activity by any person or individual, regardless of whether or not the person is involved with any of the company’s local agency partners. Read Top health apps for online doctor consultation services in Bangladesh “We have developed rigorous policies and processes, combined with our industry-leading technology to combat any criminal behavior. At the same time, we do not take a side with or endorse any isolated action of any person or organization who may or would have an intention of involving BIGO’s name in any criminal activity,“ it said. The Singapore-based company said they are conducting a thorough review of the case and will work with relevant law enforcement agencies in whatever way they can. BIGO has operations in more than 20 countries around the world, one of which is Bangladesh. Its total user base is upwards of 400 million, spread across 150 countries.  Read Tribunal orders CID to probe DSA case filed by Samia Rahman

A Cyber Crimes Tribunal of Dhaka has directed the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of police to investigate a case filed under Digital Security Act by Dhaka University teacher Samia Rahman today. The tribunal of Judge Mohammad Ash Sams Joglul Hossain passed the order. The bench assistant of the tribunal Shamim Al Mamun, confirmed the matter to UNB. CID must submit a probe report before it by May 20, according to the order. Also read: I’m victim of dirty teachers’ politics: Samia Rahman Samia Rahman, a teacher of Mass Communication and Journalism Department at Dhaka University (DU), had filed a case against a foreign national- Alex Martin- for bringing allegation of plagiarism against her on Wednesday. She alleged that the accused brought the fake allegation of plagiarism against her through using fake e-mail ID. Samia said that the accused committed offence under the Digital Security Act through spreading false and fabricated information intentionally. Earlier on January 28, DU demoted 3 of its teachers including Samia Rahman on grounds of plagiarism. Also read: DU demotes 3 teachers for plagiarism On March 1, Samia alleged that she had been a victim of dirty teachers’ politics through a press briefing. She also claimed that when she contacted Editor of Chicago Journal Craig Walker, he informed her that there is no one at the journal by the name Alex Martin.

Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested five people as they allegedly made a fake website of the Commerce Ministry to unload the imported goods from the Chattogram port.

Bangladesh's National Board of Revenue (NBR) seems to have all the elements in place, except the investigation.

A Satkhira court on Sunday placed Raihanul, the younger brother of Shahinur Rahman who was killed with his wife and two children in Khalsi village of Kolaroa upazila, on a five-day remand.