{"id":77875,"date":"2025-06-18T15:21:40","date_gmt":"2025-06-18T10:21:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=77875"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T10:21:40","slug":"fia-uncovers-online-fraud-worth-millions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/fia-uncovers-online-fraud-worth-millions\/","title":{"rendered":"FIA uncovers online fraud worth millions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: In a groundbreaking move, the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/fia-lodges-case-against-ex-nadra-chief-over-corruption\/\">Federal Investigation Authority<\/a> (FIA) has uncovered that multiple foreign and local companies are involved in online fraud worth billions of rupees.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">A case has also been registered by\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">the FIA \u200b\u200bEconomic Crime Wing\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">under the<a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/newlywed-couple-commits-sucide-over-lack-of-money-for-outing\/\"> Money Laundering Act<\/a>, after the revelation. <\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">Some<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">\u00a0foreign companies and individuals are\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">mentioned<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0in the case,\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">as<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">well<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">as\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">local private banks\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">involved in the scam.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">According<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">to<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">preliminary<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">\u00a0details, billions of rupees were\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">embezzled<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0by\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">deceiving<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0thousands of\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">individuals<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">, with fake businesses <\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">and\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">jobs<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">.<br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\"><br \/>\nThe\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">money<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">laundering<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0network\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">also\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">carries<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">out<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">online<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">fraud<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">\u00a0worth billions of rupees, the text of the case registered\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">stated<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">. <\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">The <\/span><span 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class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">&#8216;<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">s fraud can\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">be<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">as high as\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">Rs 50 billion, FIA officials\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">added<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">. <\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited_long__JuNNx\">130,000 complaints of online fraud have been <\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__added__LtuNJ\">filed during the current fiscal year<\/span><span class=\"Editor_t__not_edited__WuRP8\">.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD: In a groundbreaking move, the Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) has uncovered that multiple foreign and local companies are involved in online fraud worth billions of rupees. A case has also been registered by\u00a0the FIA \u200b\u200bEconomic Crime Wing\u00a0under the Money Laundering Act, after the revelation. Some\u00a0foreign companies and individuals are\u00a0mentioned\u00a0in the case,\u00a0as\u00a0well\u00a0as\u00a0local private banks\u00a0involved in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":47036,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[4518,29549,29550],"class_list":["post-77875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-federal-investigation-authority","tag-money-laundering-act","tag-online-fraud"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=77875"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77877,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/77875\/revisions\/77877"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=77875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=77875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=77875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}