SIX members of a fraud ring have been found guilty of scamming an individual out of BD29,000.
The High Criminal Court sentenced the defendants, identified only as Asian, to five years in jail and a BD5,000 fine each, and ruled that they be deported after serving their sentences.
The court convicted the group of swindling the victim through ‘trickery’ using digital means, a Public Prosecution statement said yesterday.
The con was detected when a bank flagged the multi-thousand dinar transfer and contacted the owner of the bank account.
The Bahraini man told officials that he had fallen victim to a digital scam, after which the bank reported the case to authorities.
An investigation was launched and it was found that the defendants belonged to a ‘professional’ cyber fraud network that swindled money by tricking their victims and transferring the cash to bank accounts outside Bahrain.
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