Man impersonating as girl on Facebook arrested in Khost

KHOST CITY (Pajhwok): Security forces have arrested a man impersonating as a girl on Facebook and tricking another man into paying him 5.5 million afghanis in southeastern Khost province.

Khost police spokesman Mustaghfer Gurbaz told Pajhwok Afghan News that the imposter , Asad Mohammad, was arrested by security officials of the cyber-crimes police branch.

The accused used falsified names of females such as Sharifa Khosti, Nabila Khosti and Alia Haya to defraud people, the police official said, adding the detainee tricked one person into paying him 5.5 million afghanis.

He said the accused was currently being interrogated and would be handed over to relevant organs later.

Before this, some other people who used fake Facebook accounts had been arrested.

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