Police have arrested three people for allegedly running an MVR 32,000 online scam.
They said that the case was reported on the 13th of this month and that it involved fraudulent extortion of money through WhatsApp.
Police said that the scammers extorted around MVR 32,000 from their victims.
They identified the suspects arrested in the case as 46-year-old Ahmed Shujau, 40-year-old Hussain Samir, and 33-year-old Mohamed Reehaan.
All are from Male'.
The Criminal Court remanded Shujau and Samir for 15 days, while it remanded Reehan for 7 days.
Police are further investigating the case.
They have warned the general public about the growing number of scams in the country. Police advised users not to access unknown links sent online, not to share their OTP codes with other parties, and to be vigilant when conducting online shopping and financial transactions to ensure the authenticity of the party being transacted with.
