Three Arrested for Allegedly Swindling NPR 4.47 Million in Fake Overseas Employment Schemes

Kathmandu. Police have arrested and publicly presented three individuals accused of defrauding people of NPR 4,470,000 under the pretense of arranging employment in various foreign countries.

The arrested individuals have been identified as 26-year-old Saraswati Shrestha, residing in Kathmandu Metropolitan City-8, 38-year-old Dipesh Shrestha, residing in Kathmandu Metropolitan City-30, and 48-year-old Maniraj Rai, residing in Khotang's Kaptasgadi Rural Municipality-2, according to Ramshwar Karki, Spokesperson for the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office.

He stated, "Based on complaints from victims alleging that Saraswati Shrestha took NPR 2.4 million promising to send them to Japan, Dipesh Shrestha took NPR 1.7 million promising to send them to Iceland, and Maniraj Rai took NPR 370,000 promising to send them to Albania, but failed to send them abroad and became unreachable, they were arrested."

Spokesperson Karki informed that all three arrested individuals have been sent to the Department of Foreign Employment, Tahachal, for further investigation and necessary action.