The National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) and the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) arrested six suspects on Friday in Lodhran, Faisalabad and Dera Ghazi Khan for cyber fraud, financial scams, illegal money exchange and human smuggling.
In Lodhran, the NCCIA arrested Shahryar for allegedly defrauding a citizen of Rs653,200. The agency said he posed as a customs officer and promised the complainant a prize and donation, using fake contacts linked to a marriage-related matter to obtain the money.
His mobile phone contained a fake WhatsApp account, chats related to financial fraud and videos showing methods used to deceive people while hiding his identity.
In Faisalabad, the NCCIA arrested Sunil Amin and Usman Ali for alleged financial fraud through bank accounts. The agency recovered 17 mobile phones, 81 ATM cards and 195 SIM cards from them. The suspects allegedly used the identities of different individuals and of representatives of public and private institutions to persuade citizens to send them money.
In Dera Ghazi Khan, the FIA arrested three suspects in separate raids on charges of human smuggling and running an illegal hundi/hawala business. Muhammad Nadeem of Jatoi tehsil, Muzaffargarh, was arrested for taking Rs756,500 from Karamat Elahi of Alipur to send three of his relatives to Canada on employment visas. He did not fulfil the promise.
The FIA’s Dera Ghazi Khan circle also arrested two alleged hundi/hawala operators in Paigaan. During a raid on Rizwan Traders, officials arrested Ghulam Asghar and recovered Rs20,000 in cash, a mobile phone and a list allegedly containing hundi/hawala transactions.
In another raid on Huzaifa Mobile Shop, the FIA arrested Muhammad Huzaifa, a resident of Kot Chutta, and recovered Rs51,500, a mobile phone and another alleged hundi/hawala list.
