Kathmandu. A woman has been arrested for allegedly swindling money on the pretext of sending her to the United States. Nirmala Kumari Shrestha, 54, has been arrested on the charge of cheating people of Rs 3.85 million on the pretext of sending them to the United States for foreign employment.

She had gone out of contact by swindling an equal amount of money from a person on the pretext of a good country, good job and lucrative salary. A police team deputed from Kathmandu Valley Crime Investigation Office arrested him from Teku acting on a complaint lodged by the victim.

Shrestha has been sent to the Department of Foreign Employment for further investigation and necessary action, police said.