The Non-Government Teachers' Registration & Certification Authority (NTRCA) has two identical websites – one is real while the other is a fake.
One site ends with dot com while the other with org. It’s believed that faking the site, a group is involved in a swindling operation. The website ending with ‘org’ is false.
The fake site was used to take money from candidates with the promise of providing them with certification without the necessity of taking part in an exam.
Later, they used to upload fabricated results on the website to convince teachers.
Several such complaints were made to DMP’s cyber security and crime division by the NTRCA authority and police arrested a person called Yasin Arafat Tanim – believed to be a member of the group of swindlers.
Deputy-commissioner of cyber security and crime, Md. Alimuzzaman, said: “there are several members linked to the group and trying to nab the others.”
During initial investigation, Yasin Arafat Tanim, said that he bought the domain and hosting of the false website and made a copy site with the aim to swindle people, aspiring to get teacher accreditation.
Assistant Commissioner of DMP’s cyber security division, Sayeed Nasirullah, says, “While it’s clear that this group swindled people, there are more illegal activities which are not discovered as yet.”
Meanwhile, an NTRCA advert, posted on 30 October, has asked everyone to be alert and refrain from contacting anyone on the false site.