Online gambling proceeds are moved abroad through four layers — gambler, local agent, super agent and mastermind — according to the Criminal Investigation Department, The Business Standard reported on 4 October 2026.
CID Special Superintendent of Police (Media) Md Sufi Ullah told TBS that local agents collect deposits through mobile financial service accounts and pass pooled funds to super agents for commissions of around 0.4%–2%. Super agents then move money abroad through digital hundi or cryptocurrencies, the report said, while masterminds often remain overseas.
Between January and 15 September 2026, the CID arrested 115 people, including Chinese nationals, in online-gambling cases and filed 12 cases, with 88 chargesheets completed, TBS reported. The same article said the CID had asked the BFIU to suspend 734 MFS accounts and 224 bank accounts linked to online gambling, and that the BFIU had seized Tk 49 lakh from those accounts. Separately, the CID identified 763 websites and apps and asked the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission to block them.
TBS also summarised other public figures already on the record without combining them: a General Economics Division survey published in January on people affected by gambling, and BFIU annual-report totals for accounts and flows between 2020 and 2024. Those instruments are reported separately and are not added together here.
Arrests remain allegations until a court decides.