Nine arrested in ‘land sale scam’

AMMAN — Criminal Investigation Department personnel have arrested nine suspects allegedly involved in scamming a businessman, the Public Security Department said Tuesday.

The victim said several strangers offered to sell him land for JD0.5 million in northern Amman and later on he found out that the transaction was conducted with a fake ID of the owner, who was abroad at the time.

Investigators called the real owner and investigations led to a suspect with a criminal record in similar cases.

The suspect was arrested and confessed to committing the crime with nine accomplices, eight of whom were arrested, while one remains at large.

The suspects were found in possession of money and jewellery, and their properties and vehicles bought using the scam money were seized.