Five Arrested for Embezzling Millions by Promising Foreign Employment

Kathmandu. Police have taken five people into custody on charges of defrauding the public of large sums of money by luring them with attractive salaries for foreign employment and promising to send them to various countries.

Those arrested include 32-year-old Raj Kumar Tamang, a resident of Tarkeshwor, Kathmandu; 31-year-old Prakash KC, a resident of Kalanki; 33-year-old Dilliman Tamang, a resident of Gokarneshwor; 47-year-old Srihang Ektin, a resident of Godawari, Lalitpur; and 28-year-old Namuna Bhandari, a resident of Madhyapur Thimi, Bhaktapur.

A special police team deployed from the Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office, Teku, apprehended them from various locations in Kathmandu and Lalitpur. According to the police, the arrested individuals collected millions of rupees by promising to send people to countries like Japan, America, South Korea, and Macau, and then became unreachable.

Among the accused, Prakash KC has been found to have embezzled the largest amount. Preliminary police investigation revealed that he defrauded 12 victims of 9.3 million rupees by promising to send them to America.

Similarly, Dilliman Tamang took 1.475 million rupees from two individuals promising to send them to Japan, and Raj Kumar Tamang took 1.155 million rupees from one person before absconding.

An FIR was filed with the police against Srihang Ektin, involved in the fraud racket, for defrauding one victim of 1.225 million rupees with the assurance of sending them to South Korea. Likewise, Namuna Bhandari collected 550,000 rupees from three victims by promising to send them to Macau. The victims reported to the police after realizing they had been defrauded.

Police stated that all five arrested individuals have been sent to the Foreign Employment Department, Tahachal, for further investigation and legal action.