An eight-member gang, which cheated several women, was busted by the Cyber Crime Police of Cyberabad on Tuesday.
The accused were caught after a 34-year-old school teacher from Kukatpally approached the police stating she was cheated of Rs. 5.4 lakh by a person who claimed to be a civil consultant working on Delhi Metro Project. The police began investigation and found that one Nigerian Udunna Chukwuma Collins, contacted her claiming to be a Delhi-based civil consultant after seeing her profile in a matrimonial website. Winning her confidence, he led her to believe that he was detained by the customs officials in last July at the airport when returning from UK and sought her help to meet different expenses pertaining to customs clearance. Believing him, the woman deposited around Rs. 5.4 lakh in banks, which was siphoned off by his associates. “One of his associates Olabanji Olaniyi, rang up the woman and introduced herself as a customs officials and asked her to deposit around Rs. 5.4 lakh in different bank accounts,” Cyber Crime Inspector, Mohammad Riyazuddin said.
As soon as the woman deposited the money in the bank accounts, a few associates of Collins withdrew the money with the help local persons. “The bank accounts were in the name of locals who helped the gang for a commission. Six of the gang members worked as agents between the fraudsters and account holders,” he said.
Investigation revealed that the gang cheated several women in Indonesia, Nepal, Pakistan and Philippines.
