Six Nigerian nationals held in loan fraud case in India

Six Nigerian nationals have been arrested for allegedly duping an Indian national of Rs 51 lakh on the pretext of sanctioning a loan of Rs 3 crore, police said today.

While four of the accused were arrested from Bengaluru 10 days back, two others were held from Gurgaon on April 11, Cyberabad police said.
"Responding to calls from different cellphone numbers and e-mails from one Dr Arnold Collins representing M/s Kason Financial Service, New Delhi, the victim deposited money in several bank accounts," Officer on Special Duty (Crimes) B Naveen Kumar said.  
     
"The money was sent to the victim by her husband Sumanth Toranala, working in Dubai," he said.

The kingpin of the gang is a Nigerian national Urieto Isesele (23), who has been staying in India illegally since 2011 and cheated many Indians and persons of Indian origin living in the Middle-East countries, a release from Cyberabad Police said.

Isesele's roommates - James Omonbeleghan (26), Ogbeifun Abel Inegbenoise (24) and Omobhude Onuwabhagbe Collins (24) - provided SIM cards, data cards and sent e-mails to potential loan seekers. They were arrested from Bengaluru on April 6, police said.

Two other Nigerians - Henry Ominunu (32) and Wisdom (26)- who helped Isesele in receiving money sent from abroad using fake documents in Delhi, were arrested on April 11 from Gurgaon, they said.

Rs 30,000 in cash, four original and one fake passports, five laptops, 14 mobile phones, three data cards and three USB drives with templates of documents used in the fraud, have been recovered from the accused, police said, adding investigation into the case is o