Two Asian men have been jailed for three years by the High Criminal Court for helping to steal nearly BD500 from a man through a bogus phone call that tricked him into entering his banking details online. The victim had received a call u
TDT | Manama
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Two Asian men have been jailed for three years by the High Criminal Court for helping to steal nearly BD500 from a man through a bogus phone call that tricked him into entering his banking details online.
The victim had received a call urging him to update his bank card information by following a link.
Once he opened it, he was told to press a button and enter a series of codes.
Account
Moments later, he was alerted by his bank that more than BD1,000 had been taken from his account.
Realising the money had vanished through a scam, he turned to the Cybercrime Directorate.
A police investigator traced the movement of the stolen money with help from an electronic wallet firm.
Cash trail
The cash trail led to a man who had withdrawn the money at a currency exchange and then sent it abroad.
Security footage captured the suspect in the act.
He was arrested and later found to have been working with another defendant and a third man based outside Bahrain, who was behind the scam calls.
In return for commissions, the arrested men helped move the funds across borders.
