Police arrest man for swindling millions on Facebook

A 33-year-old Nepali man has been arrested for allegedly swindling millions of rupees from workers based in Lebanon and Cyprus through Facebook by assuring them of visas for Canada and the US.
A special team of the Metropolitan Police Crime Division arrested Tul Bahadur Tamang, a permanent resident of Mankha Village in Sindhupalchok district near Tibet border, from his rented room in Bhaktapur near Kathmandu.
Tamang, who faked his identity on Facebook as "JV", approached different people, claiming he had a permanent residency (PR) status of the US, police said.
Police said Tamang swindled Rs 900,000 from Srijana Dong, working in Lebanon, assuring her to take her to the US on a dependent visa.

He managed to swindle an additional Rs 1.3 million from the Dong family, assuring her brothers also to send them to Canada.
Another victim Kusum Lama, who was working in Cyprus, was swindled of Rs 900,000 by Tamang with an assurance to take her to Canada, police said.
Tamang has been sent to the Metropolitan Police Range, Teku and an investigation into the matter has been initiated, police added.