The remand of three people arrested in a case involving large sums of money taken from people's accounts through scams has been extended.

Those arrested in the case are Ibrahim Muaz of Nazumu, F. Nilandhoo; Mohamed Reehan, Dhafthar No. RS 7006; and Ibrahim Sharif of Goldengate, Gn. Fuvahmulah.

Of these, Ibrahim Sharif and Ibrahim Muaz were arrested on suspicion of fraudulently taking a large sum of money from a person's bank account through a scam.

In that case, the victim was called and deceived into handing over an OTP code, which was then used to access the person's bank account and fraudulently take MVR 63,000 and USD 21,000 (a total of MVR 386,820) from it.

The Criminal Court extended the remand of the two men by 30 days.

In addition, the remand of Mohamed Reehan, who was arrested in connection with an MVR 32,000 online scam, has been extended by 15 days.

He was arrested in a case in which money was fraudulently obtained after communicating via WhatsApp.