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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