A 38-year-old Nigerian, wanted by the Rachakonda police for job and OLX frauds, was arrested after a city-based hotel management graduate lodged a cheating complaint against a group of Nigerians.
The complainant, Bala Kumar said he had uploaded his resume on various online job portals. Soon after, he got a call from a person who promised him a job in Canada and asked him to transfer money for processing visa and other documents. Between September 2017 and May this year, Mr Kumar transferred nearly ₹30.60 lakh to various accounts after which he stopped getting response from the other end.
Realising he had been duped, Mr. Kumar lodged a complaint with Rachakonda police, who arrested Kalu Kalu Chukwu of Abia State in Nigeria. Chukwu was found to be overstaying in Bengaluru; he had come in 2012 on business visa for three months, said J. Narender Goud, inspector-Cyber Crime. He is also accused of cheating a DRDO retired scientist by promising him a post-retirement job in the U.K., said police. Two laptops, 19 mobile phones, two passports and an SUV car were seized from Chukwu.
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The accused along with fellow Nigerians, Isaac Emmabro, Stanley, Aba Yomi, Yemi Joseph, Ekene Agu Pa Egbe, Mike , Dobera and Daniel Chidiebere Chukwuanu had hatched a plan to cheat gullible people through phishing calls, job frauds, matrimonial frauds and other forms of online cheating.