Additional Director NCCIA briefs NA body on probe about financial frauds

Additional Director NCCIA has told National Assembly Standing Committee for Parliamentary Affairs, which met under the chair of Rana Irdat Sharif, that financial fraud cases were rising in the country, reported 24NewsHD TV Channel. 

He said NCCIA was receiving reports of financial fraud cases as complaints are being received from government institutions. 

He said one complaint involved the unauthorized use of the ISPR logo. He said cases related to lottery scams and the creation of fake Benazir Income Support accounts are surfacing. NCCIA was also seeing cases involving WhatsApp and Telegram. He said cases concerning visas for various countries were also coming to light. 

The Additional Director of the NCCIA has shared data regarding financial fraud complaints received nationwide over the past three years. A total of 227,757 financial fraud complaints were received during this three-year period. In 2024, 83,080 complaints were received; of these: 35,184 complaints underwent verification, 12,400 inquiries were conducted, and 832 cases were registered.

In 2025, regarding financial fraud, 76,646 complaints were received; of these 33,175 complaints underwent verification, 17,096 inquiries were conducted, and 1,098 cases were registered. 

In 2026 68,032 complaints were received, 19,635 complaints underwent verification, 7,801 inquiries were conducted, and 395 cases were registered. 

Additional Director NCCIA told body members that there are twelve investigating officers in Islamabad who are overseeing the entire matter. There are fourteen reporting centers across Pakistan. There is a center in Multan serving the three divisions of South Punjab; committee member Shazia Farid also received a fake call regarding a parcel. 

“I, too, received a call from a courier service this morning”; committee member Shazia Farid has raised the issue with the Additional Director. I was told there was a parcel for me, but when I checked the address, it was for my old residence. What should we do in this situation? Should we lodge a formal complaint? 

"We receive fake calls every day," said Naeema Kishwar. She told the body that a poor man from our village handed over 300,000 rupees after receiving a call claiming his relative in Saudi Arabia urgently needed the money. "A solution must be found for this," the Committee Chairman instructed the Additional Director. 

"Has any gang actually been apprehended?" the Chairman asked the Additional Director. "Yes, we apprehended a Chinese gang a few days ago," the Additional Director replied. "We busted a Chinese operation that had collected 120 million rupees." "We have recovered 50 million rupees." "Their scheme was that if one invested 100,000 rupees, they would pay 10,000 rupees monthly." "And if one invested one million rupees, they would receive 100,000 rupees; this gang was caught." "However, once the accumulated funds reached 5 or 6 million rupees, the account would be shut down." 

Committee Member Naeema Kishwar raised question regarding the NHA scheme.