A Nigerian man and his accomplice, an Indian have been arrested for the crime of internet fraud in India.
The Accused Nigerian, Obinna Fidelis Igboanugo, 27,and his accomplice Anil Kumar were arrested by the Cyber crime wing of Rachakonda Police.
They were charged with the crime of cuber fraud. It was gathered that they dupe people in the guise of providing jobs, matrimonial, and sending gift packages.
The cybercrime team worked hard to nab the culprits and finally by using advanced technologies, the duo were arrested from New Delhi and brought to Hyderabad on transit warrant.
The Operatives siezed Rs.30,000, 65 debit cards, cheque books of 13 banks and 19 swiping machines from the accused while Rs 6.2 lakh (N3.4m) in Igboanugo’s bank accounts was frozen.
The commissioner of Police, Mahesh Bhagwat, said that Obinna, who came to india on a visiting visa was convinced by his friend that he could make money on Facebook by posing as an European with Indian citizens, so he downloaded pictures of different foreigners, and created numerous fake facebook account for the act.
“For this, he downloaded pictures of European men and women from different Facebook accounts and created several fake FB accounts posting those pictures. He shared 10 per cent of the fraud money to Anil Kumar, who helped him in carrying out transactions,” said the commissioner.
Igboanugo destroyed the phone and SIM card soon after the victims transferred the money into his targeted accounts.
Police said he gathered bank account passbooks and debit cards, SIM cards from people with the help of some agents by paying them for each account on a regular basis without submitting any documents for making fraudulent calls and transactions. He thus procured more than 13 bank accounts with cheque books and debit card
Pandey, who is from Bihar, has been working at a hotel in New Delhi. He started a business of debit/credit cards/swiping machines during which he procured 13 bank accounts, 19 swiping machines and 65 debit cards.
The accused were booked under Sections 417,418,420 of IPC and Section 66 (C&D) of IT Act and sent to judicial custody.
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