Two Nigerian nationals and a Ghanaian have been arrested in India for allegedly being involved in cyber fraud.
The accused identified as Eke Uferemvukwe, Okoloi Damion, both from Nigeria, and Adwin Collines, from Ghana, were arrested in Greater Noida.
The accused are ‘cyber criminals who, along with their other associates, have been involved in various frauds and have duped gullible people on matrimonial sites, dating apps, social media sites, through lottery fraud, etc,’ the police said on Friday, December 16, 2022.
The police recovered large amounts of fake currency notes with a face value of ?10.90 crore, as well as USD 3,000 (around ?2.5 lakh) and 10,500 pounds sterling (around ?10.60 lakh) from the possession of the suspects.
They also recovered several fake passports from the suspects, including one made in the name of Bollywood actress and former Miss World, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
The police said they have seized six mobile phones, 11 SIM cards, laptops, printers, and some other gadgets used by the gang in criminal activities. The police also impounded three cars belonging to the accused.
The police had lodged an FIR of fraud on the complaint of a retired Army colonel who was duped of Rs 1.81 crore.
According to deputy commissioner of police (Greater Noida) Abhishek Verma, the suspects duped the 66-year-old complainant on the pretext of purchasing cancer treatment herbs from him.
“A complaint was registered at the Beta-2 police station on December 7 by col (retd) Dr VK Gupta, alleging that he was duped of ?1.81 crore by people posing to be buyers of a ‘Kola Nut’, which is apparently grown in India, and reportedly have medicinal value. A case was registered under relevant sections of the Indian Penal Code and police teams were deployed immediately to crack the case,” said Verma.
“Gupta is a resident of Army Welfare Housing Organisation, Greater Noida. On August 31, I received a message on my social media account from one Ava Evelyn, who claimed to be the purchase secretary of an international pharmaceutical company and offered to become a seller of ‘Kola Nut’, which is grown in India and is used in medicines to cure breast cancer, the woman told me,” Gupta said in his complaint.
