INDIA APPREHENDS THREE NIGERIANS FOR CYBERFRAUD

According to Section 66D of the Indian IT Act, as cited on the website of India-based law firm, S.S. Rana & Co. on Sunday, “Punishment for cheating by personation by using computer resources; whoever, by means of any communication device or computer resource, cheats by personation shall be punished with imprisonment of either description for a term, which may extend to three years, and shall also be liable to a fine, which may extend to one lakh rupees.”

According to reports, the suspects were running a cybercrime ring that caused many people all throughout India to fall victim.

According to the India Cybercrime Police, the most recent victim discovered she had been duped by a suspect she had connected with on Instagram and lodged a report at the Cybercrime Police Station.

Numerous images of men and women were purportedly saved on the suspects’ cell phones, which they allegedly used to fabricate social media profiles and trick people.

“Investigations revealed that the accused used over 500 bank accounts to commit the fraud. Over 900 complaints have been filed across the country in connection with these bank accounts,” said the ACP (Cybercrime), Vadodara, M.M. Rajput.

One of the defendants allegedly identified himself as Sohn Yunmin and said he was an American chemical engineer.

The woman allegedly became friends with the suspect after he informed her that he would soon be working in Assam, and she eventually sent him a present.

The report partly read, “In April this year, the accused told the woman that he needed to buy some machinery and his friend, who was supposed to pay for it, didn’t have money in his bank account. He asked her to transfer him Rs 50,000, and she obliged. After some days, the accused told her he was coming to Assam as he got a job offer there and his parcel would soon land in India.

“After some days, she got a call from a woman called Niharika who asked for Rs 35,500 for the parcel that had US dollars. She transferred the amount, but Niharika kept asking for more money by giving various reasons. The complainant ended up transferring Rs 1.69 lakh, but she soon realised that she was being duped.”

The police claimed that the bank transaction records were used to hunt down the culprits. It is yet unknown when the three Nigerians will face charges.