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Hyderabad ‘June 16 (PMI) The Cyber Crimes Unit of Hyderabad City arrested four accused persons from Mumbai including a Nigerian national i.e., A2. Vincent Ibhaduwede, Age 37, R/o Nalasopara, Mumbai Maharashtra (Nigerian), A3.Shakil age.34yrs R/o Mira Road, Mumbai, A4-Arvind Mishra, age:45, R/o KHARGHAR, Mumbai A5. Mr. Saifullah Khan, age-53, R/o, KHARGHAR, Mumbai,who are involved in business fraud and cheated an amount of Rs.87 lakhs from the complainant vide Cr.No.1076/2023 U/sec. 66 (C) (D) ITA act 419, 420 IPC. The case was reported on 16/05/2023.
M.O. of the accused :
Dcp cyber crime Senah Mehra IPS said the accused person A1 Christopher sent an e-mail to the complainant on 06-02-2023 stating that he is Dr.Arthur Williams from Lexo pharma company for a business proposal on mutual benefit for the supply of 2000 packets of Cissus Populnea stems every month and their company is based in US and they manufacture different types of medicines using the above said Cissus Populnea. The complainant in this case is a pharma researcher & manufacturer. He was contacted by A1 Christopher with a fictitious name and identity of Dr.Arthur Williams. A1 convinced victim/complainant that he is in legitimate business of dealing in medicines and Pharma in USA in the name of Lexo Pharma and for his company, he needs Raw material (Cissus Populnea) from India.
He introduced a fake Raw Material supplier Monika Sharma to the complainant. He also introduced one Larry white as fictitious person and Manager of Lexo Pharma company.
Initially complainant was asked to buy 3 packets of Raw Material (Cissus Populnea) stems for which he paid Rs.1,44,000/-. He handed over these packets as a sample to one African National Danny in Delhi. Then in the guise of supplying total 200 packets of this Raw Material, complainant paid total Rs.87,45,000/- to Siya Enterprises.
Accused Role:
A1: Christopher (Absconding) – sent the fake email as Arthur Williams from Lexo Pharma
A2:Vincent Ibhaduwede – Collects the crime proceeds and sends to Nigeria through the brother of Christopher.
A3:Shakil- Withdraws money from A/Cs and hands over to A2 Vincent
A4: Aravind Mishra- Withdraws money from ATMs and handed over to A3
A5: Saifullah Khan- Opened fake A/C as Siya Enterprises
This case was reported on 16/05/2023 and was detected in less than 30 days.
Seizure property
- One Laptop and six mobile phones
The general public are advised not to believe the mails luring to do business.
Under the supervision of K.V.M.Prasad ACP Cyber Crimnes, a team headed by Inspector of Police Sri K. Pramod Kumar, SI Venkatadri cracked the case at Mumbai.(Press media of india)
