Indian security operatives have nabbed members of a Nigerian gang said to be cybercooks fleecing their victims and using proxy bank accounts to warehouse their money.
India Times in its report detailed how police investigation into the arrest of a Nigerian cyber fraud gang saw members buy hundreds of bank accounts in various states in India.
Police said that the gang used these accounts to transfer and siphon money they duped from unsuspecting victims.
“We found that the gang had details of over 500 bank accounts. They said that they purchased the accounts from other gangs by paying money. These accounts were opened with either genuine or bogus documents,” said a cybercrime official.
Police added that huge sums of money were transferred from one account to another by these cybercooks. Investigators are now trying to track down the gangs that sold the bank account details to the Nigerian gang.
Police had arrested Lezhu John, Gibril Mohammed, and Egboola Ekena on Friday.
“Their visa expired, but still they chose to stay in India. All three used to commit crime frauds to earn quick money,” said M M Rajput, ACP (Cybercrime).
Indian police also said they found hundreds of photographs of men and women on mobile phones of the accused. They used photos to open bogus accounts on social media to lure their victims.
The racket came to light after a young woman filed a complaint at Cybercrime police station in the country.
The woman had been duped of over Rs 2.62 lakh by the gang.
