{"id":7746,"date":"2020-01-04T10:40:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-04T05:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/?p=7746"},"modified":"2020-01-04T10:40:36","modified_gmt":"2020-01-04T05:10:36","slug":"banks-accounts-for-rent-heres-how-this-nigerian-gangs-duped-people-online","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pinkcitypost.com\/banks-accounts-for-rent-heres-how-this-nigerian-gangs-duped-people-online\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Banks accounts for rent\u2019: Here\u2019s how this Nigerian gangs duped people online"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Jaipur: After arresting the kingpin of a Nigerian gang of\ncyber criminals, the Rajasthan police revealed that the gang members had taken\nover 40 bank accounts of Indian citizens on rent and defrauded people of crores\nof rupees across the country. The kingpin &#8211; Eric Chukwudi Okafor \u2013 was arrested\nby Cyber Crime police from Mumbai International Airport when he was trying to\nboard a flight to Nigeria recently. It has come up during investigation that\nthe gang members used to pay a 1.5%-2% commission to people who provided their\nbank accounts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe Nigerian national has confessed during interrogation that\nhe and his accomplices used over 40 bank accounts of Indian citizens. The money\nthat they got from defrauding people was deposited in these accounts. The gang\nmembers used to give nealy 20% of the total amount deposited in the accounts to\nthe account holders,\u201d said a senior police officer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nigerian national was produced in court on Friday after\nhis police remand period came to an end. He was remanded in judicial custody. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nigerian national used to befriend women \u2013 most from the\nnortheast India \u2013 after creating bogus Facebook accounts and defraud them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The gang came under the radar of Jaipur police when a\njewellery businessman lodged an FIR on December 16. The victim told the police\nthat the email ID of an Italy-based firm was hacked by this gang. The gang\nmembers sent him fraudulent emails using that email ID. The businessman\ndeposited Rs 7.79 lakh in the bank accounts belonging to the gang members.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jaipur: After arresting the kingpin of a Nigerian gang of cyber criminals, the Rajasthan police revealed that the gang members had taken over 40 bank accounts of Indian citizens on rent and defrauded people of crores of rupees across the country. 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