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Greater Noida: Telecom company staff helps Nigerian fraudsters to park cheated money in bank accounts, arrested

Noida cybercrime news: The Sector 36 cyber crime police station in Noida claimed to have cracked a cyber fraud involving a woman constable from Assam Rifles who was cheated of Rs 60 lakh.

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Updated Jun 28, 2022, 14:06 IST

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Noida: Police in Noida have arrested a man for helping Nigerian fraudsters with bank accounts to transfer cheated money from people in India. The accused was arrested by cyber crime police on Sunday from Greater Noida.

The accused works for a telecom company. The gang of Nigerian fraudsters used to cheat women on matrimonial sites.

Two months back, a woman constable from Meerut, who works in Assam Rifles, was cheated by the gang through a matrimonial site. During the course of investigation, it came to light that the cheated money was parked by the fraudsters in different bank accounts, said Rita Yadav, SHO, Cyber Crime police station at Sector 36.

After verifying the bank account details, police identify the accused. Following this, police raided Eco Village 2 society in Greater Noida and arrested one person. The accused Tanveer is a native of Madhubani in Bihar and works in a mobile company.

During questioning, the accused told police he had a deal with Nigerian fraudsters to get 3 per cent of commission on the money transferred into the bank account.

The accused got Rs 5 lakh commission on Rs 60 lakh amount cheated from the woman deputed in Assam Rifles. In the last four months, Rs 4 cr transactions were done from the bank accounts.

The woman constable was cheated by an 'NRI' from Canada who promised to marry her. The accused met the constable through a matrimonial site and the two became friends. The accused later asked the woman to send money through bank transfers on one pretext or the other.

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