FIA arrests banking fraud suspect from Jhang

FAISALABAD: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has arrested another suspect, involved in deceitful banking transactions, from Jhang, ARY NEWS reported on Saturday.

“A team of FIA conducted an investigation soon after a complaint from Muhammad Sadeeq, a resident of Abbottabad, stating that Rs 105,000 were withdrawn from his bank account”, said Assistant Director Cyber Crime Wing Shoaib Haroon.

A suspect Asif, who used to call people pretending to be a bank officer and gather their account details, was traced during investigation into the matter, the FIA’s official added.

The suspect was using a fake ID to swindle people and deprive them of their money by transferring it into his own bank account after gathering details of people’s accounts over the phone.

Further investigations were under way into the matter.

In a separate raid conducted on November 13, the cyber crime wing of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had arrested a key member of the gang involved in telephone banking fraud.

As per the Assistant Director FIA, a culprit, Shabbir, was taken into custody from Hafizabad on a tip of another suspect, Shafiq, who was arrested on September 28 by the investigation agency.

With the recent arrests, important information was collected regarding the whereabouts of other gang members, the FIA official had said.

It is worthwhile to mention here that, many bank account holders from different sections of life have been deprived of money from their bank accounts in a series of incidents of the fraudulent banking transactions.