KATHMANDU, Aug 24: The District Police Range, Kathmandu, has requested the general public to be alert, stating that there has been an increase in the number of cases of fraud in the name of foreign employment.
In a press conference on Thursday, the District Police Range, Kathmandu, said that the general public should be aware of this increasing fraud. Speaking at the press conference, District Police Range, Kathmandu, Senior Superintendent of Police Dan Bahadur Karki said that most of the complaints were registered by those who were swindled in the name of foreign employment. He stated that there has been an increase in fraud by unauthorized access to bank accounts.
“From mid-January to mid-June, we registered 8,923 cases. In this period, we arrested 5,940 people for banking offenses and indecent behavior, and initiated legal action against them. Similarly, 332 complaints were received by the cyber section,” he said, “If These cases involve a total embezzlement of over Rs 54.1 million, including fraud by sending parcels and dollars to collect the tax amount, duping money in the name of sending people on foreign employment. The biggest problem now is that the youth are unemployed, and the number of fraudsters who lure them with the promise of sending them abroad for employment is also large.”
He added that the complaints of mobile theft have been increasing of late.