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Three of a Nigerian cyberfraud syndicate have each been sentenced to five years in an Indian prison after a court found them guilty of defrauding a female teacher through an online scam.

PUNCH Metro gathered on Monday that the convicts, including Nelson Chigaogejimu, Francis Emeka, and Udala Chukwudi, scammed the victim, an Indian school teacher, out of approximately Rs 6.3 lakh.

According to a report by The Times of India, the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Richa Verma, handed down the sentence on Saturday.

In addition to the prison term, each convict was fined Rs 75,000, with an extra 15 days of imprisonment if the fine was not paid.

The case was filed by Ruchi Singh, a resident of Aashanagar and a teacher with the Basic Education department.

Prosecuting officer, Anil Kumar, confirmed the court’s verdict, as reported by The Times of India on Monday.

The report stated, “On May 30, 2020, she lodged an FIR, claiming she had received a message on May 12, 2020, from an international number claiming to be from London.”

According to the report, “The sender introduced himself as ‘Deepak Lee’ and also provided an email ID.”

“Shortly after, the accused called her and claimed to have found her through a matrimonial site. They began chatting over WhatsApp, and he told her that he had sent a parcel,” it added.

The report further noted that a tracking link and number were provided, initially showing the parcel at a UK airport before appearing in Delhi, with a claim that it was being held due to unpaid customs fees.


“A woman later called Singh, posing as a customs officer, and convinced her to transfer Rs 6,31,548 into multiple bank s, claiming it was for customs clearance.

“When the parcel never arrived, Singh filed a complaint at the Kotwali police station, following the directive of the Superintendent of Police,” the report stated.

The Nigerian trio, Chigaogejimu Emeka and Udala Chukwudi, were identified as the perpetrators.

PUNCH Metro learnt that the trio were subsequently charged in court by the police under sections related to “cheating, forgery, the Information Technology Act, and the Foreigners Act of 1960.”

The city’s Superintendent of Police, Neeraj Jadaun, said, “They were arrested in Delhi on October 17, 2020, and have remained in custody since then.”

The court ultimately found the trio guilty of forging documents and using them to defraud the victim under the pretext of an international parcel delivery.

This conviction follows a string of reports involving the arrest of Nigerian nationals, particularly in India.

PUNCH Metro had earlier reported last Friday that four other Nigerians, including two women, are also facing possible jail and deportation after being arrested in separate operations across the country for offences ranging from cyber fraud to drug trafficking.

The suspects, identified as Pepe Morepeyi, Gabriel Onyeka, Bamba Fanta, and Abigail Adonis, were apprehended by various law enforcement agencies in different parts of India.

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There no be Nigeria where anything and everything goes

It's well

First to comment 🥇

And let the tribal hate begin

No peace for the wicked.

Gn

I no dey ever hear abokii name abroad, them no dey travel out?

Make sure dem no come out again forever and ever

Chai

Result of making money in a wrong way.

People na wake up here

Early Mormo food for NCAN

They should increase it to 150 years

Nawaoo, na still these people

PUNCH Metro gathered on Monday that the convicts, including Nelson Chigaogejimu, Francis Emeka, and Udala Chukwudi,
scammed the victim

They will blame Tinubu and everyone else but themselves.

Served them right

In the bid to shame a section of people in a region because of political induced propaganda, you look stupïd. Tell us about this:

Good riddance to bad rubbish

Today in America there’s black(ghetto) fatigue, in Nigeria there’s——- fatigue fill-in the blank

Why na...?
Common India o, dey too dey marginalised our neighbours.

victorazyvictor:
I no dey ever hear abokii name abroad, them no dey travel out?

They do.Mostly,middle east and some countries in Africa such as Egypt,Sudan,Tunisia,Algeria,etc.....

Hmmm
NCAN over to you.

Subsidiary of ICAN

is 15years not too small?

Na dem dem.

All na hustle
Business na business

It's them

They never fail to dissappoint. Shameless criminals

Useless set of people , i know na them . You will see them call their president Escobar but na their people dey push this thing throughout the world as a Nigerian. Very idiotic and hypocritical people. Awon olofo... Na ever week them dey catch them. Desperate people, and e no to dey claim yeye billionaires up and down. Fake drugs,drinks, electronics na them , fake fabric na still them fake and bad businesses is what they engage doing most. Very useless people. I say it if you still oppressed by this same people aswear you no get brain.

Imagine this people succeed in Thier fraud.... They will open ACC on X and do giveaway...

They will go to Thier village and collect chieftaincy, they will start talking about bad government. They will become philanthropists and celebrate birthdays every year