In a major operation, the National Cybercrime Investigation Agency (NCCIA) made two arrests in as much as crimes of online fraud of Rs20 billion were perpetrated in Multan, sources said.
The operation was conducted with the recognition of the suspects namely Samar Abbas and his assistant and a third accused named Abdul Hai is currently being pursued to be arrested.
The NCCIA officials claim that the suspect has been at large since more than a year and was arrested in the district of Layyah.
They supposedly convinced people into making investments in small trading companies offering handsome returns, which ultimately betrayed the citizens of South Punjab of out of billions.
The additional Director of NCCIA arrested said that hundreds of complaints had been recorded of this Rs20 billion online fraud, which is believed to be among the greatest cyber scam of the region.
This arrest is one of the endeavors to combat cybercrime in Pakistan. In the recent past, NCCIA collaborated with international law enforcement agencies such as FBI and Dutch police to disrupt an international cybercrime syndicate of HeartSender Group operating out of Multan and Lahore, Pakistan.
The online Rs20 billion fraud incident shows the dire need of matters to be addressed further, considering the need of increased security and awareness of using the internet to commit digital money-related crimes against the people.
In another effort, the intelligence agencies in Pakistan along with National Cybercrime Investigation Agency (NCCI) Multan have sent to the ground a network of global cybercrime that was operating in the country.
Five out of a 21-gang, Muhammad Aslam, Adeel Aziz, Usama Nawaz, Abdul Moeez and Shoaib Nazir were rounded off in the crackdown.
The network headed by Rameez Shahzad was convicted on a multi-million dollar fraud against the foreign nationals, mostly Americans.
