MUSCAT: The Royal Oman Police said that the General Department of Criminal Investigation and Investigation has arrested a person for violating Oman’s banking law.
The Department for Combating Economic Crimes had received a report from a local bank stating that suspicious metal bank cards were being traded.
The police stated that after a thorough investigation, an advertisement was monitored on social media for replacing bank cards with one that has special features in exchange for a sum of money.
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This was carried out without a license or approval of the concerned authorities. The ROP initiated an investigation against this fraud and soon the identity of the accused was arrested. Legal action has been taken against the accused.
The Royal Oman Police has warned against dealing with suspicious ads that fraudsters may resort to in order to steal data and use it for fraudulent purchases or withdraw funds available in bank accounts.
