NCCIA arrests seven for defrauding citizen of Rs14.4 million in fake Canada work permit scam

Profit by Pakistan Today reported that seven suspects have been arrested by the National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency over an online scheme that took Rs14.4 million from a single victim. The NCCIA Faisalabad team carried out the arrests after probing a fake immigration operation that promised Canadian work permits and visas.

Investigators said the group operated a Facebook page called Canada Work Permit Visa, advertising jobs in Canada and listing WhatsApp contacts for prospective applicants. A Faisalabad resident, M Younis, was contacted through the page, and the suspects asked him for payments in stages while claiming they could secure the documents.

The money was moved into several bank accounts on the strength of forged information, and no visa followed nor was any of the money refunded. After filing a complaint, the Faisalabad unit gathered evidence on the alleged fraud and transactions before detaining M Aslam, M Asghar, M Nauman, Jan Muhammad, Umar Usman, M Huzaifa and Abdul Rauf.