The Cyber Crime Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) Chennai, India has busted a planned scam and arrested the prime accused, who is suspected to be part of Nigerian nationals network.
The accused
Nigerian identified as Fulgens Quadio alias Kristopher Wilmer, 27, was arrested in Mumbai on Thursday, December
24.
According to
police, in 2019, a complainant, K.M. Joseph of Kilpauk, Chennai alleged that he
had received a Facebook message from an unknown person claiming to be Elizabeth
from the UK, who owns a pharmaceutical company.
'Elizabeth' said she needed Folic oil, which would be
used to cure blood cancer, and she offered the complainant a business deal to
export Folic oil from India and gave the contact details of a
dealer/manufacturer of Folic oil in Mumbai, who was Sunitha of Star
Enterprises.
Believing
this to be genuine, Mr Joseph contacted Sunitha and deposited? 40 lakh for
exports.
Later, he
realised that he had been cheated and hence he had lodged a complaint with the
then Chennai City Police Commissioner and a case was registered by the Central
Crime Branch and was taken up for investigation.
After
investigation, a special team of police personnel arrested the accused in
Mumbai. He was taken to Chennai by air and produced by the special team before
a court. He was remanded for 15 days.
The Chennai
City Cyber Crime Cell Police have advised the general public and businessmen
not to invest money in this sort of commodity scams.
"Further
investigation will reveal more details such as who were involved, the number of
victims and complaints in the city. As
per our preliminary investigation, Wilmer is suspected to be a part of larger
network.” said a senior police officer.
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