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| US seeks Bangladesh’s help for info on suspected scammer Muksedur |
| 2017-06-28 |
| [Dhaka Tribune] The US government has sought help from Bangladesh to obtain the bank and business records of a suspect in a fake jobs scam case. The US Department of Justice’s Office of International Affairs prepared a letter addressed to family members and relatives of the suspect, Muksedur Rahman, reports Saipan Tribune. According to the report, Assistant US Attorney James J Benedetto mentioned the letter in documents filed in federal court last week. Benedetto said six people, including one Bangladeshi, were accused of collecting large amounts of money from 12 people. Roughly between $15,000 and $20,000 were taken from each of the 12 victims and the majority of the payments allegedly occurred in Bangladesh. Muksedur and his co-schemers allegedly instructed the victims to make payments to his (Muksedur) various relatives and in-laws living here. The assistant US attorney said some of the payments were made in cash directly to one of the schemers and some were deposited directly into the accounts of Muksedur’s family members. He said witnesses who were present when the payments were made will corroborate the cash payments, and business records will corroborate the payments deposited into Muksedur family members’ bank accounts. The records will be produced in discovery as soon as they are received by the US government. The defendants were charged with 17 counts such as mail fraud, fraud in foreign labour contracting, and fraud and misuse of visas and permits. |
| Posted by:Fred |