Four suspects held for defrauding 10,000 online users in Karachi

The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on Monday nabbed four suspects who had defrauded 10,000 online users after developing a fake website of an international marketing company.

According to Express News, Deputy Director FIA Karachi, Abdul Ghaffar told reporters the suspects had developed a fake website they said represented a multi-national company of Italy.

The criminals sold fake currency to Pakistani citizens in the name of easy-to-earn profit. Selling the counterfeit bank notes, the suspects charged $1.5 from each online user, and had managed to receive Rs200 million from them in the name of virtual currency.

Abdul Ghaffar further said the suspects were arrested from different areas of the city, saying they have been booked for two separate cases. The FIA, he added, are carrying out raids to arrest two more suspects who are from Nawabshah.



Last month, a man who shared his bank account details over the phone has been deprived of Rs50,000.

Umar Naeem, a resident of Khanpur, told journalists that an unidentified person called him on his cellphone and claimed he was speaking from the head office of a local bank. He added the caller inquired about his bank account details, ATM card number, CNIC and other information.

Naeem maintained that he trusted the caller as he mentioned details of the bank and provided the relevant information to him.

The victim pointed out that after some time he went to the bank branch to withdraw cash. However, when he reached there, he was told that his account is empty and that all the money was transferred to another account.