The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested eight bKash agents for illegal transactions through mobile banking and money laundering.
The eight were arrested from various places around the country on Wednesday night, said Senior Assistant Superintendent of Police Sharmin Jahan.
The officer said nine cases of money laundering were filed against them. Police did not provide additional details on the detainees.
More information will be available at a press conference at the CID’s offices in Malibag on Thursday, reports bdnews24.
The CID has been requested to investigate ‘unusual’ transactions by about 3,000 bKash agents, a CID additional superintendent of police said. The eight were arrested as part of that investigation.
Nearly 70 per cent of mobile financial transactions are conducted through bKash, a BRAC Bank subsidiary.
bKash authorities have not commented on the arrests.
