Nigerian Man, Akeredolu Olajide Arrested In India For Duping Broker
The gang approached the diamond broker, a resident of Girgaon who has an office at Bharat Diamond Bourse in BKC, on Instagram on October 10, last year.
by SaharaReporters, New York
Jan 09, 2021
On Wednesday, the VP Road police arrested a 48-year-old Nigerian national from New Delhi for allegedly duping a diamond broker from south Mumbai of Rs 1.16 crore, IndiaExpress reports.
The police said the accused, Akeredolu Joseph Olajide, is part of the larger group that creates fake accounts on social media, approaches people through these accounts and then dupes them under the pretext of sending gifts.
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MUMBAI: V P Road police on Wednesday brought a 48-year-old Nigerian from New Delhi and arrested him in connection with a Rs 1.2 crore cheating case.
A diamond broker was allegedly honeytrapped by a woman he met on Instagram. She posed as a captain on a ship in London, and claimed she wanted to invest in the gold and diamond business in India. She said she had sent gifts and five lakh US dollars for it. The 42-year-old diamond broker from Girgaum was told to deposit money in bank accounts to get the gifts and dollars cleared from Customs. H later realised he was cheated.