Two Nigerian nationals were arrested on the charge of being members of an international gang involved in cheating through offers of jobs with foreign companies and prize money of lotteries by multinationals.
"George Onyemauche Otiwu, 31, and Daniel Iyke Nwabue, 27, were arrested by an STF team on the basis of tip-off from their rented house in Sant Nagar, Burari," said Ravindra Yadav, Joint Commissioner (Crime) of Delhi Police.
The duo were arrested on a complaint by Mohit Jainwal who had been cheated of Rs 35,000 which he had deposited in a bank account after he had been lured with a job offer involving a UK-based shipping company, the officer said.
He had deposited the amount in a State Bank of India account opened in the name of James. Later when he was asked more money, Mohit got suspicious and lodged a complaint with the Crime Branch.
An FIR was registered on a complaint from Mohit at the Crime Branch police station, in 2013.
During interrogation, the accused reportedly claimed that they procured e-mail IDs of people from various sources and send them e-mails through several email ids. Some of their accomplices have married Indian women who would help them in arranging the bank accounts for depositing and withdrawing the amount deposited by their fraud victims, said the police officer.
Both the accused were found to be living in India illegally. George Onyemauche Otiwu had come to India on a visa issued on March 9, 2010 with validity upto July 9, 2010 whereas Daniel Iyke Nwabue had come to India on visa issued on November 16, 2012 with validity upto December 6, 2012, he said.
Several dozen SIM cards procured through fake documents, 10 mobile phone instruments, 10 dongles of data card for net connections and 4 laptops were recovered from them.
Investigation is going on to unearth the whole gang and arrest its remaining members, he added.
