CID arrests 2 in Tk 94 lakh Telegram job scam
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Criminal Investigation Department (CID) arrested two members of a cyber fraud syndicate accused of taking Tk 94.19 lakh through a fake job offer on Telegram.
CID Special Superintendent of Police Md Sufi Ullah confirmed the arrests on Friday. The arrestees are identified as Julhas Uddin, 39, and Prohor, 28. Sufi said officers conducted a drive in Kishoreganj Sadar Police Station area to arrest the suspects.
According to the case statement, a Telegram ID contacted victim Mehedi Haq Nion on 24 August 2025 with a job offer at an organization named Zales Jewelry. After inspecting the company’s website, Nion became interested in the job position and the fraudsters executed their trap by connecting him to a fake website through a phishing link.
The fraud ring initially allowed him to earn commissions upon completing online orders, which significantly built the victim’s trust. They then lured him with promises of higher returns to invest various sums of money, eventually telling him to complete a total of 90 orders across different rounds.
Because the victim’s account displayed profit figures with every order, he believed he would quickly recover his investment along with the profits. When Nion tried to withdraw the funds, the fraud ring shifted tactics and repeatedly demanded more money under pretexts that he must complete additional orders to release his profits.
Trusting them, Nion transferred money several times into various bank accounts until they embezzled a total of Tk 94.19 lakh.
Following the scam, Nion filed a case at Paltan Police Station on 3 January, after which CID took over the investigation. CID identified the syndicate members and has so far arrested 12 members of the group.
CID said the investigation into the case remains ongoing.
