Police arrests scammer who rents cash cards for withdrawal

Police have arrested an individual accused of scamming, and withdrawing the proceeds through renting cash cards from various individuals. 

The accused in the case is Nadheef Mohamed, 36, of Rankokaage, GA. Gemanafushi. Nadheef was arrested in relation to the theft of a large amount of money through hacking a person's bank account.

Police said that they received reports of an incident in September 20 last year, where Nadheef called a businessman, posing as a customer, and got the OTP from him. The businessman later found that money was missing from his account, and reported this to Police.

The investigation so far has learned that Nadheef had deposited over MVR 29,600 in another person's account, and withdrawn MVR 24,700 from ATMs over numerous transactions. 

Additionally, he has deposited over MVR 4,900 in another individual's account and withdrawn this through ATMs.

Police have learned that Nadheef rents cash cards from various individuals, and uses those to withdraw proceeds of scamming.

According to Police, Nadheef was arrested on December 29. When presented in court due to remand expiring, the court extended his remand by an additional seven days.