The Cyber Cell of Rachkonda Police on Monday, arrested 10 Nigerian nationals from New Delhi on charges of fake fund transfer.
The gang, between the age group of 23-37 cheated several persons from different parts of the country in the past.
Police officers also recovered eight laptops, twenty-six mobile phones, one Ipad, and thirty five sim cards from the fraudsters.
According to the police, a 36-year-old victim, who works as
a Nurse in a corporate hospital in Secunderabad, accepted a friend
request from one Agustin William, who introduced himself as a Pastor
working in Northern Ireland.
After chatting for three months, the accused promised to
send the victim gifts worth $50,000 along with I-phone, wrist watch and a
gold set with pearls.
On March 15,
the victim received a call from a man claiming to be a custom official
working at Delhi Airport. He asked the victim to deposit Rs 27,500 as
registration fee to claim the courier and then continued to persuade her
to spend money citing various other
After the victim paid Rs 9,37,000, she grew suspicious and
approached the Cyber Cell, which registered a complaint and began
investigations. Based on the contents of the complaint, a case was
registered under sections 417, 419, 420, 468, 471, R/w 34 IPC and
Section 66 C and 66 D of IT Act.
A team led by Inspector S V Harikrishna, SIs Vikram Reddy,
Anil Kumar under the guidance of Inspector Mohammad Riyazuddin of Cyber
Cell, raided the hide out of the accused and seized 8 laptops, 26
mobiles/ I-pads, 10 internet dongles, 35 SIM cards used for commission
of offence.
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