Kuwaiti authorities arrested several Asian men involved in swindling large sums of money from bank clients through deception.
The gang confessed to be part of a larger Asian network operating in Kuwait and other Gulf countries. They also revealed names of many of their accomplices in those countries, newspapers said.
A police spokesman, quoted by the local press, said the names and addresses of those accomplices have been sent to authorities in other Gulf states.
Police said those arrested used to call bank account holders to tell them that they are phoning from their bank and that they have won a large cash prize.
“They would then ask the victim to supply them with their account details and pin numbers and passwords so they will deposit the prize in their account,” a police spokesman said, adding that the thieves confessed that they have duped many clients and made large sums of money.
