Two Asian men jailed for swindling woman out of BD2,000 over phone scam

TDT | Manama

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Two Asian men who swindled a woman out of BD2,000 after deceiving her to expose her bank account information have been slapped with seven years in prison each, followed by deportation.

The suspects are said to have posed as officials serving in a local exchange company, and they requested the victim to reveal her bank card details through a phone conversation.

They threatened her that her card will be deactivated in the event she doesn’t collaborate with them. She decided to give in to their request.

The culprits used the information to withdraw BD2,000 prompting her to report the incident to the Anti-Economic Crime Directorate. The two were held, but one of them denied involvement in scamming the victim, stating that he was working in a local car workshop.