Cyber Crime of Chandigarh Police has achieved a major success in the case of cheating on the platform of Matrimonial Application

Police Station – Cyber Crime of Chandigarh Police has achieved a major success in arrest
of 04 Nigerian, 01 Gunian and 01 Indian Lady accused in the case of cheating on the platform of Matrimonial Application. For this purpose Sh. Ketan Bansal, Superintendent of Police, Cyber Crime under the supervision formed a special team of PS – Cyber Crime under the close guidance of Sh. A Venkatesh DSP/Cyber Crime headed by Sh. Ranjit Singh, SHO, PS– Cyber Crime, in Case FIR No. 05 dated 18.01.2023 U/S 419, 420, 201, 467, 468, 120B IPC & 14 Foreign Act 1946, PS– Cyber Crime, UT, Chandigarh to apprehend the criminals involved in this crime.

Detail of accused:–
Sr. No. Details
1. Ubasinachi Kelly Anago S/o Christofer S/o R/o # D 1503, Apex Golf Avenue,
Sector 1, Greater Noida. Nigerian Age 39 Years. Working of Garment business.

2. Joshva S/o Aaron S/o Christofer S/o R/o # D 1503, Apex Golf Avenue, Sector,
Greater Noida. Nigerian Age 27 Years. Working of Garment business.

3. Prince Chinecheram Onoh S/ o Chinecheram R/o # 80/134, Balmiki Wali Gali,
Pipal Chowk, Mohan Gardon, Dwarka, Delhi Nigerian. Age– 35 years, Running
business of restaurant.

4. Pascal Guilavogui S/ o Guilavogui R/o # 80/134, Balmiki Mandhir Wali Gali,
Pipal Chowk, Mohan Gardon, Dwarka, Delhi. Gunian. Age – 28 years, Helper of
Price in business of restaurant and also working as musician.

5. Christian Anthony @ Chris S/o Sh. James R/o # 201, Tower–5, Unitech Horison
Society PI–II, Near Boaendi, Aclher, Greater Noida, G.B. Nagar, U.P. Age 34
Years. Permanent Resident of Nigerian. Working as musician.

6. Shalini w/o accused Prince Chinecheram Onoh r/o #1211, DDA Flats Luxmi
Bai Nagar , North Delhi, Age 32 Years. Help to Price in business of restaurant.
1. Accused Kelly & Accused Joshua Chima Kalu made whatsapp messages & calls
as Doctor to complainant and also sent his fake Air Ticket to the complainant from
Asmsterdam to Mumbai through Doha. He also sent money to Nigeria through
money exchange.

2. Accused Prince and Pascal were working on the directions of main accused Kelly
and helped him to commit the crime. Prince, Pascal & accused lady (wife of Prince)
residing in same house. They tried to destroy/damage the mobile phone with the
intention to destroy evidence. The broken mobile phone was recovered. Prince is also
on interim bail in one of the NDPS case registered in Police Station – Mohan Garden,
Dawarka, Delhi.

3. Accused Christian Anthony collected the fake bank accounts for fraud amounts and provide the same to Kely. It is also came on record that accused Christian Anthony
@ Chris already has been arrested in FIR no. 192 dated 5.09.2020 U/S 419, 420, 467,
468, 471, 120 B IPC & 14 Foreign Act 1946 PS– IG Airport Delhi and Now he was
on bail.

4. Accused lady played a role of mother & sister of accused Kelly to get the emotional
benefit and committed cheating by indulged her with the cheated act of accused. She
also helped accused Prince and Pascal to destroy the mobile phone with the intention
to destroy evidence.

The brief of the case are that PS– Cyber Crime received a complaint from victim lady in
which she reported that she is Doctor from profession and was came in contact with Dr. Christopher through Christian Matrimony App. Dr. Christopher claimed that he is a doctor and working in Amsterdam, Nederland. They started chatting through Whatsapp and conversant with each other. They also discussed about their future and planned to marry. The complainant believed that on other side Dr.

Christopher is a genuine person. In January – 2023 Dr. Christopher said he was landed on Mumbai Airport and they has a demand draft of 2,80,000 Euro. Mumbai Airport staff not released demand draft of 2,80,000 Euro without custom charges. She also received a call from mobile number and caller introduced himself as airport staff and said that to release this amount she had to pay custom charges and currency conversion charges etc. In this way Rs. 47,22,600/– was transferred by complainant from her bank account to the different alleged bank accounts in multiple transactions. The complainant also took loan from bank and her associates for said purpose. Latter on it came into her knowledge that they cheated with her.
During the further course of investigation, a raid was conducted at Delhi and two accused
namely (1) Prince and (2) Pascal were arrested and recovered two (02) mobile phones. During the raid, accused broken the mobile phone with the intension to destroy the evidence. The broken mobile phone was recovered which is same make & Model phone used in calling. So, the section 201 IPC also added in the case FIR. After that police remand was obtained from the Hon’ble Court of both the accused.

Further after investigating other aspects, a raid was conducted in Noida and two accused
namely 1). Kelly 2). Joshua Chima Kalu were arrested.
Accused 1) Prince 2) Pascal & 3) Joshua Chima Kalu were sent to judicial custody by the
Hon’ble court and police remand of accused Kelly S/o Christofer was obtained from the Hon’ble Court.

Accused Kelly sent his fake Air Ticket to the complainant from Amsterdam to Mumbai through Doha.
04 accused except Pascal are staying in India even after the expire of Visa. So, the sections 467, 468 IPC & 14 Foreign Act have also been added in case FIR.

During the further investigating and on the discloser statement of accused Kelly S/o
Christofer, a raid was conducted along with accused Kelly and accused namely Christian Anthony Age 34 Years was arrested because he collected the fake bank accounts for fraud amounts. It is also came on record that another accused Christian Anthony @ Chris already has been arrested in FIR no. 192 dated 5.09.2020 U/S 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120 B IPC & 14 Foreign Act 1946 PS– IG Airport Delhi and Now he was on bail.

Further, accused lady has been arrested. She play a role of mother & sister of accused Kelly
to get the emotional benefit and committed cheating by indulged her with the cheated act of accused.

During the investigation, the following items have been recovered:–
Name of article Number of article
Mobile Phones 25
Laptop 02
Modem 03
landline phone 01
The details are being also shared with I4C, MHA to scrutinize the further links in more cases
across the India.

Team of Chandigarh Police has arrested 06 persons (4 Nigerians, 1 Gunian and 01 Indian
lady) with sincere efforts and hard work. 04 accused are staying in India even after the expire of Visa.

The case has been work out and further investigation is going on.
Modus Oprandi of Crime:–
The cyber criminals registered themselves on matrimonial sites with the fake identity and
represented themselves as Doctor & other professions. They started conversation with the innocent
people available on matrimonial sites. During conversation they get emotional trust of innocent people..
Thereafter, victims are told that they are coming to India and bringing expensive gifts for them.
They are detained at Airport by the custom authority. To get released, they want Indian currency to pay
charges as Tax for the gift. Victim deposit huge amount.
The following are some tips to be cyber safe:–
1. Do not trust the strangers on social media platforms i.e. Matrimonial Application, Facebook, Instagram etc.
2. Do not pay money without verifying the facts.
3. Do not meet with strangers at inaccessible places.
4. Always be vigilant when you are using social media platforms.
5. Do not accept friend requests from strangers on social networking sites.
6. Do not share your personal information such as address, phone number, date of birth etc. on social media. Cyber Criminals can use this information to create your fake account.
7. Do not share your sensitive personal photographs and videos on social media.
8. Do not share your future travel plans.
9. Report your complaint immediately at 1930.

Issued by Chandigarh
Police