Faridabad : Cyber Cell crime branch Sector 47 Faridabad succeeded in busting a gang arrested three persons including two Nigerians all residents of Uttam Nagar Delhi identified as Anthony Obyora, Obinna Ujine and Rahul Narang. The gang including two Nigerian national staying in Delhi running a network was arrested on the charge of cheating large number of Indian women mostly widow and divorce women and duping them of huge amount of money worth lakhs of rupees on the pretext of arranging NRI grooms for marriage mostly in service and business in abroad an official Pooja Vashishat DCP said that during preliminary investigation the arrested accused admitted cheated about 70 females willing to marry NRIs amount worth crores of rupees by putting their profiles and photographs of men on a marriage site on internet.    

In-charge, Cyber Cell Satich Kumar told media persons that a complaint was lodged by a female resident of Faridabad allegedly cheated by the gang amount worth over Rs 10 lakh when a youth willing to marry her was invited and the proposal was seen merely a fraud and acase was registered against the gang when during investigation police reached up to the criminals through mobile phone calls and arrested three. Investigation revealed that there is possibility of several other persons involved in this gang usually arranging youths willing to marry Indian girls as well as Indian females mostly widows and divorcees willing to marry NRIs and settle abroad usually through matrimonial website having links in countries Canada, Australia, UK and USA. It was observed that the accused befriended women through social media introducing as a non-resident Indian settled in abroad.

DCP told that the men eventually gained confidence of females and made emotional appeals in transferring money in their various bank accounts before she realized the fraud, During preliminary investigation alleged accused admitted more than 70 such fraud cases in which women were tragetted in past sometime and told that on social media and matrimonial websites, they used profile pictures of smart-looking men including in lucrative jobs and flourishing business in order to dupe women.An FIR was lodged against the arrested accused under Indian Penal Code 406 (criminal breach of trust), 419 (cheating by impersonation) and Sections 420 (cheating), and under provisions of the Information Technology Inspector Satish said.