Cyber crime cell arrests Nigerian in job scam

PANAJI: Ifeanyi Collins Chikwendu, 39, a Nigerian, has been arrested by the cyber crime police for cheating a person from South Goa of over Rs 5 lakh by promising to provide a job in New Zealand.
Police said that the complainant had registered on a website which had advertised jobs and the accused approached the complainant after interacting online with the complainant. The accused then offered him a job in New Zealand and demanded money to process his application.
Police said that the complainant transferred money on three occasions to the accused and approached the cyber crime cell and filed a complaint when he realised he had been cheated.
“The accused was arrested by tracking the money trail. Analysis of digital evidence and collection of on-ground intelligence through cooperation of the Bangalore police helped the police nab the mastermind. Over Rs 1.5 lakh has been frozen in the account by the police,” PI Devendra Pingle said.
Further investigation of the case is in progress.