Highlights
- Faridabad police caught gang of four people including woman
- Profiles used to be made in the name of foreign girls on the matrimonial site
- A man from Nigeria was also a gang member, came to India on a study visa
- The accused was living in India even after the visa expired
Four people, including a woman, have been arrested by the Faridabad Police. This gang used to run a gang of swindlers at the matrimonial site. They used to make friends by pretending to be a foreign woman and then cheated people of lakhs of rupees on the pretext of getting a gift stuck in the customs. One of the people arrested is also a citizen of Nigeria.
Finding a life partner on the matrimonial site may cost you dearly. Some people may cheat you by trapping you. In one such case, the youth of NIT got trapped. Amrik Singh Juneja found the profile of a young woman on the matrimonial site. In this the girl was told as a foreigner.
Case open after complaint of 5.78 lakh cheating
The young man contacted on that profile. The two became friends and asked the young man to send a gift and cheated him of Rs 5.78 lakh on the pretext of getting the goods stuck in the suit. On the complaint of the youth, the Cyber Cell police started investigation and busted the gang.
Nigerian national Chinoso Roy Akata is among those arrested. Apart from this, Ajay Kumar, Atif Ali and Sangeeta, residents of Jasola Delhi have also been arrested.
bank accounts frozen
Police said that the accused had opened fake accounts in the bank. Details of transactions worth about Rs 60 lakh have been received from these accounts in the last six months. This gang has targeted more than 70 people of many states including Ghaziabad, Gonda, Gujarat, Haryana for cheating.
‘came to India on study visa’
The Faridabad Police said that the fake accounts opened by the gang in Noida, Bareilly, Gurugram and Delhi have been frozen by the UP Police. The arrested Nigerian was living in Delhi without a visa. He came to India on a study visa.
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