Delhi Police bust job racket, 2 Nigerian nationals arrested

Delhi Police Crime Branch arrested two foreign nationals, identified as Michael James and Umeadi Valentine Chigozie from Mandawali area of Delhi. They were arrested on a complaint received by the cyber cell for a case of cheating in Cyberabad, Telangana.
Police recovered 52 SIM cards, two Data Cards, three Laptops and five mobile phones from their possession. The recovery includes the mobile phone used in the case of cheating.

THE CASE
The cyber cell of the Delhi Police received a complaint from M Ganagalakshami. She alleged that "Some unknown frauds cheated her with the amount of Rs 2,25,600/- on the pretext of providing her job opportunity in Qatar Airways Co. The frauds took this amount from time to time as Visa charges, Processing fee, Medical fee and to transfer Access Code etc."
The complainant also provided alleged email IDs and mobile phone numbers used by the accused persons to dupe her. A resident of Telangana, Gangalakshami had also registered a complained under the IT Act at the Cyber Crime Police Station in Cyberabad.



POLICE INVESTIGATION
Delhi Police began their investigation on the basis of the information provided by the complainants and tracked down the fraudsters to Mandawali area of Delhi. They conducted a raid on August 24 and arrested Michael James and Umeadi Valentine Chigozie.
During questioning James, according to police, confessed to the crime. James told police that along with Chigozie, he duped Gangalakshami of Rs 2,25,600. The two accused failed to produce passports, saying they had lost the documents.
The two accused were produced in the Karkardooma court, where Telangana Police have taken transit remand of four days. They would be tried in Telangana.

ONE TO BE DEPORTED
During the course of investigation, the Delhi Police found another Nigerian national roaming around in Mandawali area. He was found to be illegally staying in India even after his passport and visa expired.
He has been identified as Kennedy Chikwado from the Ikeja town of Nigeria. Police contacted the authorities and deportation process was initiated on 24th August.