KARACHI: In yet another shocking blow to the reputation of local law enforcement, a suspended Karachi Police officer has been unmasked as the mastermind behind a massive international scam that swindled foreigners out of millions of rupees.
The scandal unfolded following a high-stakes raid on a major call center located in DHA Phase 2 Extension, where investigators discovered a sophisticated “fraud factory” operating under the radar. While four suspects—identified as Mohammad Shah, Uzair Shahzad, Rohit Kumar, and Yogesh—were apprehended on-site, the investigation quickly shifted toward the real owner of the operation, Assistant Sub-Inspector Abubakar Siddique of the Sindh Police.
The details of the operation revealed that Siddique, who joined the force in 2020 but was already under a cloud for previous criminal activities, allegedly directed his team to pose as bank representatives to target unsuspecting citizens in the United States and Canada.
Using illegal spoofing software and high-tech digital devices, the group tricked victims into revealing their secret credit card codes. Once the information was secured, the money was instantly drained into merchant accounts and laundered through Binance wire transfers to erase the paper trail.
A brief research by MM News also revealed that this isn’t the first time Siddique has found himself on the wrong side of the law; records show he was arrested for similar offenses as recently as 2024, yet he continued to run his criminal empire from the shadows. The scale of the corruption prompted the Additional Director of the FIA to write a scathing letter to the IG Sindh, formally recommending severe disciplinary action against the officer for organized crime and money laundering.
Authorities have since seized 14 laptops, 10 mobile phones, and a massive database containing the private banking information of thousands of foreign nationals. As the seized devices undergo technical analysis, the police are digging deeper into the network to see just how far the rogue officer’s influence reached. For now, the “cop-turned-kingpin” remains at the center of one of the city’s most daring white-collar crime investigations.
