KARACHI: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Immigration team in Karachi successfully intercepted and offloaded a female passenger, identified as Fatima Sajid from Lahore, who was attempting to board a flight to Sri Lanka. She was initially detained after immigration officials flagged her suspicious travel profile, leading to a detailed interrogation and digital forensic analysis of her mobile phone that uncovered a massive transnational crime ring.
During the investigation, the suspect confessed to previously working in Cambodia for an online scamming syndicate run by Chinese nationals, which targeted Egyptian citizens through a fraudulent “AliExpress” clone and Telegram to deceive them into fake investments. Furthermore, she admitted to managing Human Resources (HR) for the syndicate, where she actively recruited multiple Pakistani citizens into the scam network. She was currently traveling to Sri Lanka at the invitation of an associate named “Victor” to join a similar online scamming operation, having previously paid PKR 200,000 to the group for her initial Cambodian visa and tickets. Since the recovered digital evidence points toward deep involvement in human trafficking, international cyber fraud, and organized crime, the suspect has been handed over to the FIA Anti-Human Trafficking Circle in Karachi for further legal action.
