Indian Police Arrest Three Nigerians For Cyber Fraud
Indian police have arrested three Nigerian nationals accused of operating a cyber fraud scheme that defrauded a local woman of ₹2.62 lakh (approximately N4.9 million).
The suspects, identified as Lezhu John, Gibril Mohammed, and Egboola Ekena, were apprehended in Delhi following an investigation that exposed their involvement in an extensive online scam network.
Authorities revealed that the suspects had purchased hundreds of bank accounts across various states to facilitate their illegal activities.
These accounts, created using genuine or forged documents, were used to transfer and hide money obtained from their victims.
Police also discovered hundreds of photographs on the suspects’ mobile phones, which were reportedly used to create fake social media profiles to lure potential victims.
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“We discovered that the gang possessed details of over 500 bank accounts, which they claimed to have purchased from another group. These accounts were created using either genuine or forged documents,” said a cybercrime official.
ACP (Cybercrime) M.M. Rajput stated that the suspects had overstayed their visas in India and engaged in fraud to earn quick money.
The arrests were made after a young woman filed a complaint with the Cybercrime Police Station, reporting that she had been defrauded of ₹2.62 lakh.
Police tracked the suspects using transaction records and intelligence inputs and efforts are underway to trace other groups that may have provided the gang with bank account details.
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