Friday, April 16, 2021
10 Expats of two Criminal networks arrested for carrying Fraud operations
The media spokesperson for the Riyadh region police, Major Khaled Al-Kreidis, stated that, as an extension of the security services and efforts in combating the fraud crimes that target the financial dealings of Saudi citizens and resident expats, the district police managed to uncover two criminal networks.
One network is of 6 resident expats of both Pakistani and Indian nationalities, linking with 2 other people outside Saudi Arabia, and the other network consisting of 4 resident expats of Bangladeshi nationality, who provided the means and parts of communication, who carried out fraud. Similar : A fraudulent network of 24 expats arrested in Saudi Arabia
- The fraudulent operations consisted of announcing jobs, conducting personal interviews through video calling, and luring victims to obtain their personal and banking information, which allowed them to get financing loans in their names.
- By tracking the sources of those operations, they were arrested in the regions of Riyadh, Makkah and the Eastern Province.
- The amount of money seized from them exceeded 1,500,000 riyals, and a cash amount of 40,000 riyals was seized in their possession, including gold jewelry, and 4800 local SIM cards, and all of them were arrested and measures were taken against them and referred to the Public Prosecution. Read : Jawazat launches Tawasul service in Absher by renaming Messages and Requests service
