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Operatives of the police cybercrime unit in Gurgaon, India, have arrested two Nigerians for allegedly impersonating directors of Indian companies on WhatsApp to defraud unsuspecting employees.

The police disclosed that the suspects deceived victims into transferring money into bank accounts controlled by the ring.

In a report published by The Times of India on Wednesday, the cybercrime unit identified the suspects as Ojo Uyiosa and another Nigerian identified simply as James.

The duo was arrested last Saturday after investigators analysed a suspicious phone number linked to the fraud.

According to police findings, Uyiosa first arrived in India in 2014 on a student visa, while James entered the country in 2023 on a tourist visa.

The suspects, working alongside other Nigerian nationals, allegedly posed as company directors and pressured employees to make urgent financial transfers, after which the proceeds were shared among the group.

Investigators disclosed that about 10 lakh, equivalent to over N15m, was transferred into a Bandhan Bank account connected to the scheme.


The account had reportedly been flagged in two separate cybercrime complaints prior to the arrests.

The police, according to the report, said further interrogation and evidence revealed that the suspects were involved in multiple cyber fraud cases using the same method.

A formal case was subsequently filed, and the suspects were arraigned in court on Sunday, where they were remanded in police custody for three days.

The cybercrime unit added that the suspects primarily used WhatsApp to communicate with victims, while accomplices arranged bank accounts to receive the illicit funds.

Two mobile phones and three SIM cards allegedly used in carrying out the fraud were recovered, while efforts are ongoing to trace additional assets, identify other members of the syndicate, and determine the full scope of the operation.

The development comes amid a surge in arrests of Nigerians for cyber-related crimes in countries such as Ghana and South Africa.

Last year alone, hundreds of Nigerians were reportedly arrested abroad for offences ranging from fraud and cybercrime to prostitution, raising concerns among law-abiding Nigerians in the diaspora and Nigerian authorities.

Source: https://punchng.com/india-arrests-two-nigerians-for-impersonation2

Ojo should have stayed away from that James of a boy.
Now look that association has led him into

Is it that there are no honest job to engage in that country or Nigerians are this lazy to carry the yaho yahoo mindset onboard a plane to this foreign countries

All I have to say is, may God purnissh and bring to shame, everyone who in one way or another brings shame to the name of Nigeria.




Hey, Check my signature.

Uyiosa Why?

Why do you choose crime?

We don tire to dey read all this things....

Let the law deal with them.
Arrant nonsense. You're traveling abroad with no prospect of ideas, no skill,no educational qualifications what are you going there to do?
Fraud??

Everyday different wahala

Ojo should have stayed in Lagos and join roonu gang. At least his 20k monthly stipend from his party would have been feeding him

If found guilty, they should face the full consequences so others can learn that crime abroad is not worth it

If you succeed with crimes in Nigeria don't mistake that for being too clever and try that in another country.

This is ojo madueke family

Alaefulu:
Is it that there are no honest job to engage in that country or Nigerians are this lazy to carry the yaho yahoo mindset onboard a plane to this foreign countries

Ask Tinumbu, Malami, Rochas Okorocha, Yahaya Bello, Emefiele, Akpabio, Oshiomole, Orji Uzor Kalu, Ganduje, El Rufa, Wike and all politicians who have held political offices in Nigeria.

After being governor for eight years and collecting very mouth watering packages monthly they are still at the Senate collecting fat allowances and constituency project money, living large with their family while you want other people to use their bare hand to fend for themselves.

If a benevolent spirit cracks your kernel you won't understand what others are passing through.

Nigerians have a terrible mindset and orientation...........divide the country so everybody will choose his own path.

Of all this you mentioned there is none relationship to the question I have ask.i know the political class have much blame to take but where this people with them over there while commiting the crime.

Franking:
Ask Tinumbu, Malami, Rochas Okorocha, Yahaya Bello, Emefiele, Akpabio, Oshiomole, Orji Uzor Kalu, Ganduje, El Rufa, Wike and all politicians who have held political offices in Nigeria.

After being governor for eight years and collecting very mouth watering packages monthly they are still at the Senate collecting fat allowances and constituency project money, living large with their family while you want other people to use their bare hand to fend for themselves.

If a benevolent spirit cracks your kernel you won't understand what others are passing through.

Nigerians have a terrible mindset and orientation...........divide the country so everybody will choose his own path.

Alaefulu:
Of all this you mentioned there is none relationship to the question I have ask.i know the political class have much blame to take but where this people with them over there while commiting the crime.

Those are the factors that contributed to everything you are seeing. We shouldn't be asking any other question. The country has failed itself and everyone in it.

Those responsible, remotely or directly should be called out..... there's absolutely nothing else to ask.

Criminal minds

Thel rot in jail