Four Bangladeshis, One Nepali Arrested in Facebook Job Scam and Crypto Trading Case

Kathmandu. Nepal Police's Cyber Bureau has arrested five people, including a Nepali national and four Bangladeshi citizens, on charges of online fraud and illegal cryptocurrency trading after they lured victims with fake overseas job offers on Facebook.

The arrested include 21-year-old Subash Kumar Mandal of Ramgopalpur Municipality-9, Mahottari, currently residing in Koteshwor, Kathmandu. The four Bangladeshi nationals are 25-year-old Md Jubayer Ahamed, 26-year-old Md Nur Alom, 24-year-old Md Nasim Mia, and 27-year-old Md Rani Kamal.

According to the Cyber Bureau, the group posted misleading Facebook advertisements promising direct-hire jobs at a company in Qatar without requiring an interview. Victims who responded to the ads were instructed to download suspicious mobile applications, after which money was illegally transferred from their bank accounts to other accounts.

Police launched an investigation following complaints from victims who reported unauthorized withdrawals from their bank accounts.

Preliminary findings indicate that, in addition to online fraud, the suspects were involved in illegal cryptocurrency transactions, including trading Tether (USDT) through the cryptocurrency exchange Binance.

The Cyber Bureau said the suspects were arrested on July 10 while attempting to leave for Bangladesh through Tribhuvan International Airport.

The Kathmandu District Court has granted police permission to detain the five for an additional five days under the Electronic Transactions Act, 2006, as the investigation continues.

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