(RAB) raided a fake office in the capital's Badda area and tossed in the calabooseDrop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages!
six of its officials for taking money from people by fraud.
Operating inside the beltway? Who knew ?
A team of RAB 1 conducted the drive at the office, located in Reazedel Tower at Pragati Sarani, early yesterday following a tip-off and arrested Nazmul Hasan Himel, 35, Masudur Rahman Sumon, 33, Habibur Rahman Daud, 54, Akbar Sheikh, 38, Amir Hossain, 30, and Shahjahan Miah, 32, said Lt Col Tuhin Mohammad Masud, commanding officer of RAB 1, during a press briefing at RAB 1 Headquarters in Uttara yesterday afternoon.
RAB also recovered fake visiting cards, appointment letters and two cycle of violences during the raid. A number of victims have complained about being conned by them, the RAB official said.
Describing the con artists' modus operandi, he said they would rent a well-decorated office and publish employment advertisements on newspapers. When people responded to the ad and sent in applications, they would invite them for an interview, offer them a job and ask them to give a security deposit.
Once they collected a good amount of money, they would shut down their office and flee. Some time later, they would repeat the routine using different names for themselves as well as their business.
On one such stint, they opened an office named Rexton Electra Industries Limited on the ninth floor of Delta Dalia Tower at Kemal Atartuk Avenue Earlier this year. They published an job circular in newspaper on January 19.
Seeing the circular, one of their victims named Ashraful Haque responded and was invited to an interview, where accused Nazmul Hasan introduced himself as MN Hasan, managing director of Rexton, and offered Ashraf the post of a director.
"Along with the appointment, Ashraf was also asked to deposit Tk1.2 lakh as seciurity," Lt Col Masud said.
Besides Ashraf, they took money from several others and collected Tk23 lakh -- some were promised jobs, while some were promised a share in the company.
After conning a number of people, they collected Tk70-80 lakh and shut down the office in February.
"After receiving several similar complaints, RAB started investigating and found a similar job circular published on June 18. This time, the company was named Confident Electra, located in Badda, with Nazmul posing as company head Saimon Sarkar," the RAB commanding officer said.
Legal action is being taken against the accused, he added.