Rapid Action Battalion (Rab) claimed to have arrested six members of a fraud ring from Dhaka's Mirpur as they swindled a large sum of money from job seekers with false promises. The accused are Md Masum Billah, 33, Khairul Alam Rocky, 20, Md Kamruzzaman, 22, Md Mahmudul Hasan, 32, Masud Rana, 24, and SM Raihan, 24. Rab also seized cash, eight mobile phones, SIM cards, fake appointment letters; a keyboard, CPU, monitor, laptop, and resumes of job seekers during its drive Wednesday, Superintendent of Police Bina Rani Das of Rab-3 said Thursday. Read: 6 fraud gang members involved in making 144 types of fake certificates held The arrestees published fake advertisements for different jobs – including those of security guards, assistant supervisors, and marketing officers – on social media using the name SSF Private Company. The fraudsters told the police that they were also deceived by fake job advertisements on social media before making a profession out of it. Legal actions will be taken against the arrestees, Bina Rani said.

Rapid Action Battalion on Saturday night arrested five members of a fraudster gang from Narsingdi’s Bhelanagar area for swindling Tk 200 crore from investors. The arrestees are- organisation’s chairman Shah Sultan Multipurpose Financial Institute Md. Shah Alam and his associates Md Delwar Hossain Sikder, Kazi Mane Ullah, Md Sumon Mollah and A. Hannan Mollah. Rab nabbed them while they were holding a secret meeting, according to media release of the elite force. In 2010, Shah Alam formed a Shariah-based financial organisation called Shah Sultan Multipurpose Financial Institute in Ghoradia area of Chinishpur union under Narsingdi Sadar upazila. Also read: Man ‘dies of cardiac arrest’ after Rab interrogation in Ctg During Rab interrogation, Alam said that his company had over 300 employees who were hardly paid. Besides he formed an executive body of 24 members and 20 directors who ran four companies under the organization. They used to collect money from customers through DPS on a monthly basis promising high profit. So far, they have collected around Tk 200 crore. When the depositors, hard-hit by Covid-19, started asking for their money back, the organization closed the office and the staff went underground, the media release said. Also read: Gang-rape in Bagherhat: Key accused held by Rab Omar Farooq, managing director of the company and Masood Rana, deputy managing director of the company bought 5-6 acres of land in different places of Narsingdi with the investors’ money. Besides, they bought 7-8 acres of land for the company, they said during the interrogation.