Indian Authorities Arrest 10 Nigerians For Cyber Fraud

Nigerians Arrested

Ten Nigerians have been arrested by Indian police in connection to a fake fund transfer case.
The suspects were arrested after the victim, a Delhi nurse duped of Rs 9.37 lakh reported the case to police.



The Police Commissioner, Mahesh M Bhagwat, confirmed the arrest, stating that  ” November last year, the victim, a 36-year-old nurse in a hospital in Secunderabad, received a friends request from one  “Agustin Williams.” who introduced himself as a pastor working in Ireland.

“After befriending the woman, the man told her he wants to send her cash and expensive gifts. To receive these gifts he asked her to deposit some money into an account to have the parcel registered.

“After chatting with her for 2-3 months, he told her he wanted to help her by sending a gift box containing USD 50,000, an I-Phone, watch and gold through courier, the commissioner said, quoting from a complaint filed by the nurse.

“On March 15 this year, she received a phone call and the caller identified himself as a customs officer working at the Delhi airport and told her to deposit Rs 27,500 in a bank account as registration fee to collect the courier.


“After that, she received many calls asking her to deposit money in different bank accounts citing various reasons such as customs clearance charges, money laundering certificate, RBI clearance, anti-terrorism clearance and fund transfer charges to collect the courier.

“Over a period of time, they (the accused) collected Rs 9.37 lakh from her under previous pretext. As their demand for money continued, she got suspicious and approached the Cyber Cell of Rachakonda Commissionerate recently.

“Based on her complaint, a case under relevant sections of the IPC and IT Act was registered and an inquiry was launched. Based on technical/electronic evidence collected during the investigation, the fraudsters’ place of residence was traced in South West Delhi.

“A team of the Rachakonda police raided their premises last week and arrested the 10 Nigerians, including the prime accused Williams, and brought them to Hyderabad,” the senior police official said.


The arrested Persons are: Willams akpobaroeh, Isic Prince Okonedo, Chukwuma Christopher, Eghosa Gobieit, IjeomaOnyesom , Emmanuel Okafor,
ChimaIweriebor,Tochukwu Onwubiko Christian, Chidi JohnsonAnaso Johnson, Paul Ifechukwu Ifanyi Ifanyi

Upon their arrest, the police seized eight laptops, 26 cellphones, 10 internet dongles, 35 SIM cards from them.