Duping Case News Today

The woman was identified as Benita Gift Agene while her co-accused, also a Nigerian, was identified as Izunna Paul Uzomo, 34. They were arrested last week.

The police said the 33-year-old complainant received a friend request from a female profile on Facebook on August 24. He accepted the request and subsequently the two started chatting with each other.

The accused allegedly lured the investors by promising 7-10 per cent interest, which he paid initially but later defaulted. EOW sources said the number of investors duped may go up in the coming days.

According to the complainant, Ajaykumar Gupta, 51, who runs a Kirana Store in Goregaon (East), he kept his lifetime savings with the accused credit society after being promised a lucrative interest rate

Further probe is on to find her other possible targets, said police.

Police said the child artist's Instagram account was being handled by her mother Pooja Bhoir, who introduced herself to Neha on Instagram in November last year and exchanged numbers.

A case under Sections 384 (extortion), 420 (cheating), 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) have been registered.

A case under Section 406 (criminal breach of trust), 420 (cheating), 506 (criminal intimidation) and 120-B (criminal conspiracy) of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) have been filed.

As per a press release, the accused had lured the complainant Patil into investing money in a 'staking programme' of Cryptobiz exchange, assuring big returns.

They added that the accused threatened to kill the businessman when he repeatedly asked for money.