Illegal gambling rings are paying commissions to bKash agents across Bangladesh to open accounts using forged documents. These accounts are later used to collect deposits from unsuspecting gamblers under fake names.
According to police reports, agents in remote districts are especially vulnerable to this scheme due to low oversight. Some agents have opened over 100 accounts in exchange for weekly payouts from gambling operators.
The Bangladesh Financial Intelligence Unit and Cyber Police are investigating these networks and have already frozen several suspicious accounts. bKash has also introduced stricter agent verification protocols.
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