Kathmandu. Police on Sunday arrested four persons on the charge of scamming on the pretext of speaking from the bank for KYC update.

It is the process of updating your personal details on financial institutions, digital wallets (such as eSewa or telecom services). It needs to be updated periodically to verify the customer’s identity and for security.

The arrestees have been identified as Abhay Tiwari (22) of Deutal Rural Municipality-4 of Bara, Jaya Kumar Kewat (22) of Ramgram Municipality-16 of Nawalparasi West, Bidhya Sagar Kewat (22) of the same municipality-17 and Kuber Thapa (27) of Birgunj Metropolitan City-3 of Parsa.

In coordination with the District Police Office, Chitwan, a police deputed from the Cyber Bureau has directed the incumbent and retired employees to ‘screen share’ through phone and WhatsApp by asking for the OTP code (a one-time or four-digit secret number that comes on mobile for account security) or by asking for an OTP code and accessing the employee’s account and transferring the amount in the account to another account. He was arrested from Chitwan.

The District Court, Kathmandu has remanded them to judicial custody for five days under the Electronic Transaction Act, 2063 BS, police said.