DHAKA, Sept 8, 2025 (BSS) - The Criminal Investigation Department (CID) has arrested the ringleader of a dollar fraud gang from the capital's khilgaon area early today.

The arrested has been identified as Adeeb Faiz, son of Faiz Ahmed, a resident of 671/7/A, Sipahi Bagh under Khilgaon Police Station.

A team of the Dhaka Metro South Division of the CID arrested Adeeb from a rented house in Sipahi Bagh at around 12:50am today.

The CID has arrested Adeeb, the main accused in a case filed with Ramna Police Station under sections 406/420 of the Penal Code.

The detained Adeeb embezzled huge amounts of money through dollar fraud from Bangladeshis living in the United States using an innovative technique. 

During the preliminary interrogation, Adeeb confessed that he had embezzled huge amounts of money from many people within the country by cheating. 

The arrested accused was produced before the court with a prayer of five days remand in the case.

The CID is investigating the case with the aim of identifying and arresting others involved in the fraud ring.