https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KncarNpmGzYhttps://www.dhakatribune.com/bangladesh/nation/2019/04/27/bogra-cyber-police-arrests-three-members-of-cryptocurrency-gangBogra cyber police arrests three members of cryptocurrency gangPolice found two of their used websites and blocked one
The cyber police in Bogra has arrested three members of a cryptocurrency gang.
They seized two laptops, 16 mobile phones, and 20 SIM cards from the detainees after the arrest on Thursday.
Police conducted raids in Habiganj and Lakshmipur for two days and arrested them and brought them to Bogra.
Police found two of their used websites and blocked one.
Bogra Detective Branch (DB) of Police SI Shafiul Alam Shafiq filed a case against them with Bogra Sadar police station under section 1(B) of the Digital Security Act, 2018.
The arrestees are: Shah Md Tanim, 22, Sohel Mia, 27, and Maruf Billah, 25.
The investigating officer of the case, Cyber Police Inspector Emran Mahmud Tuhin sought eight-daysremand after producing them before Bogra Judicial Magistrate Court on Friday afternoon.
Bogra Superintendent of Police (SP) Ali Ashraf Bhuiyan in a press briefing said: The virtual currency bitcoin is illegal in Bangladesh. However, the use of cryptocurrency is increasing day by day.
The gang sold bitcoins and other forms of web money to their particular customers.
Digital currency transactions are functioned online where all information is kept secret. This type of digital currency is called cryptocurrency.
Cryptography method is used for bitcoin exchange and the code used in this method is quite impossible to figure out, the SP added.