A Nigerian man accused of being a member of an international syndicate committing online fraud, has been arrested in Lahore, Pakistan.
According to the Additional Director FIA
Cyber Crimes Wing, Shahid Hassan, the Nigerian national identified as
Darlington Chimo Osuji, was arrested for allegedly defrauding people by posing
as a female online.
"The accused person is involved in
financial fraud by impersonating himself as a lady who would send parcel of
dollars to his targets" he said.
According to Hassan, after luring the
victims through various tricks, the accused would demand a handsome amount and
would later escape with all the money collected from the victims.
"Following an enquiry No. 360/2020,
we have arrested him and an FIR 76/2021 has been registered.” said Hassan.
The senior FIA official further told Bol
News that earlier he had arrested three Nigerian nationals for their
involvement in online frauds in Islamabad.
"The gang had collected millions of rupees from the affected people in various cities of Pakistan in the name of online investments, etc," he said, adding that the FIA would take strict actions against all the accused involved in such online fraud.
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