Delhi Police busts international cyber fraud racket, 1 arrested

In addition to the arrest of a Ghanaian, Delhi police announced on Saturday that they had dismantled an international cyber fraud ring and exposed a web of deceit and financial crimes.
Ebo Quansah Elijah, a native of Ghana, has been named as the culprit who was apprehended, according to authorities.

An official statement claims that the operation got started in response to a complaint of a cyberfraud occurrence involving a total loss of Rs 101,100 that was received at the Cyber Police Station.

The official statement continued, “On the basis of the complaint received, a FIR pursuant to Section 420 IPC was registered.”

The defrauded amount was discovered to have been credited to an account at UCO Bank’s Kohima branch, registered in the name of Naomi, who lives in Lower Chandmari Kohima Sadar, Nagaland, according to a statement from the Delhi Police.

The official statement continued, “On the basis of the complaint received, a FIR pursuant to Section 420 IPC was registered.”

The defrauded amount was discovered to have been credited to an account at UCO Bank’s Kohima branch, registered in the name of Naomi, who lives in Lower Chandmari Kohima Sadar, Nagaland, according to a statement from the Delhi Police. Important evidence from the investigation, including WhatsApp conversations, credit card information, and pertinent documents, were obtained.

A portion of the money was taken out of an ATM, and the remainder was transferred to two accounts, one at the Kohima branch of UCO Bank in the name of Shillumongla Lemtur and another at the Dimapur branch of Central Bank of India in the name of Heikhu, according to the police.

The transferred amount was withdrawn from ATMs within the same locality, Khanpur, Delhi, from ATM machines of three banks located in Village Khanpur, the police said.

According to the statement, it was found that all the involved bank accounts were interconnected and their branches traced back to Nagaland.

It was discovered through a thorough investigation of Call Detail Records (CDRs) connected to the mobile phones connected to these banks that the numbers were active in Khanpur, Delhi.

Ebo Quansah Elijah, a resident of Ghana, was subsequently detained and then arrested when a raid was carried out in Khanpur and he was discovered to be in possession of many electronic gadgets and SIM cards.

The seriousness of the offence led to the formation of a team, and the team carefully researched the case, concentrating on Khanpur, South District, Delhi, where accounts were being handled and cash was being withdrawn from various ATMs.

The inquiry uncovered the scheme of the criminal, who used WhatsApp conversations to lure Indian victims with digital goods and give them account details for money transfers, the statement added.

(With agency inputs)