The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said on Thursday that they had arrested Tariq, a civil engineer by profession who had allegedly set up about 300 fake job websites. Using a mix of online and SMS texts wherein he promised jobs in different federal and provincial government institutions, he managed to scam thousands of applicants.
FIA officials who had knowledge of the matter told The Express Tribune that they had conducted a probe after receiving a number of complaints. They found that he had created fake websites of various government departments, corporations, companies, authorities, and agencies such as Fia.job.com , pia.job.com through which the accused operated his scam.
The FIA, after keeping him under surveillance, arrested Tariq from Tibba Sher Khan village in district Bahawalpur late on Thursday. They recovered a laptop, a computer, mobile phone sets, SIM cards and other relevant articles from his possession.
A case has been registered against the accused at FIA NR3C Police station in Lahore, (FIR No6/2012) under sections 109, and 420 of Pakistan Penal Code and sections 36/37 of the Electronic Transactions Act 2002.
Further investigations are underway , FIA officials stated.
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I can not open pia.job.com or fia.job.com - as mentioned in your report.
300 websites. That guy has some free time.
How exactly do you "arrest a website" ?!
What a poor headline
Poor guy didn't know that, The President and The Prime minister don't like competition.
Wow so the 6th case so far for the year 2012 ... according to the FIR Serial Number ... Good what were the previous ones for ?
Nice work FIA.....keep it up & should improve cyber-space surveillance
FIA should also arrest the owners of websites that sell counterfiet Nokia and other phones.
@Tariq: Totally agree with u. There is no point complaining if you don't use ur vote.
@Lala Gee: Sure, if people keep voting like they have done in the past, he stands a good chance. As it is half the population doesn't even vote, the useless 'silent majority', who just loves to mourn about everything and can't even be bothered to go out and vote.
Good work FIA........... Is it work of Rehman Malik or any good Bureaucrat
Looks like we have just discovered a future President or Prime Minister of Pakistan.
That poor fellow thought that he can also make fortune like premier's son but just belonging to Southern Punjab isn't enough to do so. (No Racism, Just Sarcasm)