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. Angel Network News 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.
