On Saturday, the Tripoli Security Directorate announced that the Ghout al-Shaal police station arrested a gang charged with defrauding citizens in financial transactions.
In a statement, the Directorate revealed that dozens of citizens had filed complaints against a financial transaction company that had defrauded them. The gang rented a commercial property in the Al Siahiya area of Tripoli as the headquarters for their dummy company.
It added that the gang publicized its activity on social media, and began receiving the credit cards of hundreds of people. The stole people’s money, after which they closed the headquarters of their fictitious company.
The Director of Tripoli Security, Brigadier General Mahmoud Al-Abed, ordered the formation of a committee to collect information about the company, reveal the identity of the perpetrators and arrest them.
He also assigned the Director of Ghout al-Shaal police station, Brigadier General Salem Al-Burawi, to prepare a security plan for arresting the fraud gang and referred them to the Public Prosecution for taking all necessary legal measures against them.