Royal Oman Police arrests expat on charges of fraud

Muscat: The Royal Oman Police (ROP), has arrested an expat on charges of fraud.

A statement issued online by the ROP said: "The Anti-Economic Crimes of the Directorate General of Inquiries and Investigations arrested an expatriate on charges of fraud and impersonation of a bank employee.The case is under process."

The victim transferred a sum of money through one of the exchange shops, when he received a phone call from the exchange, pretending that he was an employee of the bank. He asked the victim to update the bank card to facilitate his transfer of funds abroad and to give him the One Time Password (OTP) number that he received via text messages at that moment, which enabled the accused to withdraw large sums of money from the victim's account.