Colonel Soran Mohammed Ghareeb, spokesperson for Garmian Police, said that as part of measures by the Garmian Crime Prevention Police Department to combat the misuse of communications devices, a citizen visited the police in recent days and filed a legal complaint. The citizen said that an unidentified person had deceived him for more than 6 years via 2 mobile lines and social media, posing as a woman, and had obtained a large sum of money from him through pressure and threats.
The police spokesperson said that following detailed investigations, the collection of information and the issuance of a judicial warrant, police units arrested the suspect, identified as (A. H. R), born in 1981 (45 years old), on 28/10/2026 under Article 452 of the Iraqi Penal Code. During preliminary investigations, the suspect confessed to committing the crime, and an investigative case file was opened against him.
Meanwhile, Garmian Police is calling on all citizens who have been defrauded or harmed in the same manner by the suspect to visit the Garmian Crime Prevention Police Department to file a legal complaint. It also said that the suspect’s telephone numbers are being kept by the police.
