5 arrested in Khulna for money laundering through online gambling platforms
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The Rapid Action Battalion has arrested five members of an online gambling gang at a location in Khulna for allegedly laundering money through online gambling platforms.
They were arrested in a raid in Khulna’s Rupsa upazila on Thursday night.
The arrestees are Md Rajib, Md Enamul Gazi, Md Mehedi Hasan, Md Idris Mollah and Md Mamun.
A press release issued by the RAB on Friday said that a group of people in Rupsa upazila in Khulna district had been laundering money through online gambling apps like 1XBET and Velki Live.
The ring used to illegally transact money from around the country using Bkash, Nagad and other mobile financial services.
Tipped off, the elite force conducted a raid in Khulna’s Rupsa upazila at the night following Wednesday and arrested the five ring members, including the mastermind.
During the raid, the RAB recovered and seized at least five Android smartphones used for online betting.
Later, information regarding online gambling, and illegal transactions of both dollars and local currencies through multiple mobile financial services was obtained from various messenger groups in the recovered mobile phones.
The arrestees were later handed over to the concerned police station, the release said.
