Easy money Two arrested for internet fraud

FIA Deputy Director Sajjad Mustafa said that they had received a tip-off regarding a fraudulent racket in Chak 5, Bahawalpur. A team of FIA officials raided Tariq Mehmood’s house in Bahawalpur and arrested him.

Mehmood was working for an outfit that would swindle people over the internet by promising to convert their ‘clicks’ into dollars. Mehmood was taken to a police station for interrogation where he revealed that he was a member of a gang of swindlers headed by Zargham, a resident of Batala Colony, Faisalabad. A team of FIA officials then raided Zargham’s house in Batala Colony and arrested him.

They also seized six computers, a communications system, several Wi-Fi devices and various other documents that tied him to the case, Mustafa said. He said that Zargham and his gang had been defrauding people for some time and their ‘setup’ was called A-to-Z. Mustafa said further investigations were underway.