Ras Al Khaimah police smashed a 4-man Asian ring specialized in robbing bank accounts and a court later sentenced them to six months in prison and ordered their deportation from the country.
Police arrested the ring members, including its leader nicknamed “King Abid” after several people reported that their bank accounts had been almost emptied by unknown thieves just hours after they revealed to them their bank data.
The four were accused of calling bank clients, claiming they are from a local department needing their ID and bank data for updating.
One Asian victim said they stole nearly Dh12,000 from his account after he received an anonymous call pretending to be from a government department.
“They stole bank accounts and transferred the stolen funds to their own bank accounts inside and outside the UAE,” Emarat Al Youm daily said.
