Nigerian, his Indian friend held for cyber fraud
The Hindu
A Nigerian national was arrested by the cyber crimes police of Rachakonda for cheating netizens in the guise of providing jobs and sending gifts. The accused, Fidelis Obinna (27), who was living in Ne
A Nigerian national was arrested by the cyber crimes police of Rachakonda for cheating netizens in the guise of providing jobs and sending gifts. The accused, Fidelis Obinna (27), who was living in New Delhi, hails from Akili Ozuzor of Nigeria. Police also arrested his friend Anil Kumar Pandey (36), a businessman from West Delhi. Pandey is a native of Muzaffarpur in Bihar. They seized four mobile phones, 13 cheque books of different banks, 65 bank cards. 19 card swiping machines and ₹30,000. The investigators froze ₹6.27 lakh in different bank accounts. Commissioner of Police Mahesh Bhagwat said that Obinna came to India on visiting visa to learn about cyber frauds through his Nigerian friends, which can help him in making quick money. In the process, he downloaded many photos of European men and women from different Facebook accounts and also created several Facebook accounts (fake) with different names and uploaded those photos as profile pictures with the intention to cheat the innocent.
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