The US police have arrested seven Bangladeshis for embezzling $8 million from 15 banks in New York by forging cheques.
They were involved in this crime for the last three and a half years, police said.
The police have launched a manhunt to nab five other members of the cartel.
The seven Bangladeshis have been arrested from New York and Georgia.
Sayeed Al Hassan was arrested from an Emirates Airways flight at John F Kennedy International Airport on November 21.
He was earlier expelled from the US in connection with another crime.
The six others arrestees are Zaman Mahbub alias Faisal alias
Mahbubzzaman, Md Golam Azam alias Sohag alias Fayez Ahmed Khan alias
Kamal Pasha, Md Khalil alias Robin alias Awal Hassan, Md Nazrul Islam,
AKM Golam Hossain alias Mohammad Uddin alias Sariyi Amebioka Pankha
alias James Palam alias Mohammad Sheikh Islam and Dipak Rana alias Noor
Hossain.
They were carrying out fraudulence activities taking different pseudonyms, police said.
The six of the seven arrested have pleaded guilty after they were
produced before the Federal Court. The court ordered all of them to
jail.
They took telephone, gas and power connections by using fake ID cards,
driving licenses, social security numbers, according to their case
details.
They opened accounts in 15 banks through fake documents using fake names. They also withdrew money by submitting fake cheques.
The US police arrested 14 Bangladeshis on a number of charges including
real estate and credit card forgeries several years ago.
Two of them fled after securing bail.
The rest of them were sentenced to various terms. (source)