A Court has sentenced three members of a Nigerian cyberfraud syndicate to five years (each) in an Indian prison.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the trio, Nelson Chigaogejimu, Francis Emeka, and Udala Chukwudi, were found guilty of defrauding a female teacher through an online scam.
The convicts scammed the victim, an Indian school teacher of approximately Rs 6.3 lakh.
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According to a report by The Times of India, the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Richa Verma, sentenced them on Saturday.
Each convict was also fined Rs 75,000, with an extra 15 days of imprisonment if the fine was not paid.
The case was filed by a resident of Aashanagar and a teacher with the Basic Education department, Ruchi Singh and the Prosecuting officer was Anil Kumar,
The report read, “On May 30, 2020, she lodged an FIR, claiming she had received a message on May 12, 2020, from an international number claiming to be from London.
“The sender introduced himself as ‘Deepak Lee’ and also provided an email ID.”
“Shortly after, the accused called her and claimed to have found her contact through a matrimonial site. They began chatting over WhatsApp, and he told her that he had sent a parcel.”
According to the report, a tracking link and number were provided, initially showing the parcel at a UK airport before appearing in Delhi, with a claim that it was being held due to unpaid customs fees.
The report further stated that “A woman later called Singh, posing as a customs officer, and convinced her to transfer Rs 6,31,548 into multiple bank accounts, claiming it was for customs clearance.
“When the parcel never arrived, Singh filed a complaint at the Kotwali police station, following the directive of the Superintendent of Police.”
The Nigerian trio, Chigaogejimu, Emeka and Chukwudi, who were identified as the perpetrators, were subsequently charged in court by the police under sections related to “cheating, forgery, the Information Technology Act, and the Foreigners Act of 1960.”
The city’s Superintendent of Police, Neeraj Jadaun, said, “They were arrested in Delhi on October 17, 2020, and have remained in custody since then.”
The court ultimately found the trio guilty of forging documents and using them to defraud the victim under the pretext of international parcel delivery.
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