Delhi Police Crime Branch busted a gang running a cancer curing herb seed fraud in which people invested lakhs of rupees.
Among the three persons arrested by the sleuths of Crime Branch, it was two Nigerians who were running the gang. The gang consisted of around 10-12 people which included three to four Nigerians who lured the victims through Facebook by introducing themselves as a woman, the other were Indian men who provided their bank account details and mobile phone numbers in lieu of some cash, said a senior police officer.
“The accused are George Ike alias Cosmos Brown (36), Ugwuele Bright Onyeka (32) and Vishal Sharma. Efforts are on to nab other accused,” said Bhishma Singh, DCP (crime)
Police said that S Rahul, a resident of Sarita Vihar, reported to them that he has been conned by a group of cheats who came in contact with him through Facebook. The accused person promised the victim of hefty profits by purchasing and selling aquasiotin herbal root seed being used for research and treatment of cancer and took Rs 13,07,400 from him.
Explaining the modus operandi, the senior police officer said, “The accused used to make fake profile on Facebook of a woman and introduce themselves. In the present case too, Armand linda contacted the victim in March this year through Facebook and befriended him. Armand linda claimed herself to be based in UK and working as Assistant Purchase Manager in Health Pro Pharmaceutical Company, UK. After some conversations, the woman shared that her company intends to buy ‘Aquaslotin Herbal Root Seeds’ which is used in treatment of cancer. Thereafter, the woman lured the victim and convinced him to buy the seeds at lower costs from a trader in Mumbai and then sell it to her company at much higher rate. But he never got any seeds or any profit.” Based on technical surveillance, the Crime Branch team traced one of the accused Vishal Sharma who had provided his bank account for transfer of cheated amount in Mumbai and arrested him on June 23. Based on his instance, both the master mind Nigerian nationals were arrested from Navi Mumbai on June 28.