The Indian Police have arrested a Nigerian DJ, identified simply as Moses, for swindling Rs 17 lakhs from a woman by promising her a work visa to Canada.
The suspect, who was said to have been residing in Bengaluru since 2014, was nabbed on Christmas Eve by a team led by Wayanad Cyber Police Station Inspector Shaju Joseph.
The fraud was committed using the personal details provided by the woman last October on a private website, the officials disclosed.
It was gathered that the woman uploaded her details because she was searching for a medical coding job.
After collecting her personal details from a website, the accused dropped emails and tried to contact the victim through WhatsApp by posing as a visa agent.
He earned her trust after he showed proof of her details on an immigration site and the flight ticket he booked for her to Canada.
Based on his assurances, she transferred Rs 17 lakhs to his account.
But as Moses kept asking for more money, the girl grew suspicious and filed a complaint at the Wayanad Cyber Police Station.
The police have retrieved Rs 6 lakh from the accused so far. They located Moses using his device’s IP address and tracing his online purchases.
The DJ artist is known to have engaged in several online frauds over the years.
Moses conducted only a single DJ event in an entire month. He dedicated the rest of his time to his fraudulent activities.
Officials have seized several devices in his possession.
Meanwhile, four persons died, while 56 others sustained injuries in a road crash on the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, the Federal Road Safety Corps, Kaduna Sector Command, has said.
Mr Kabir Nadabo, the Sector Commander said on Tuesday in Kaduna that the road traffic crash occurred at Sabon Sara village along the expressway on Tuesday.
According to him, the tragic accident involved a trailer (Iveco) with registration number MKA 99YS, at about 03:30hrs, saying that the combined rescue teams of RS1.113 Zhipe and RS1.17 Birnin Yero conducted the rescue.
He explained that the initial investigation revealed that the cause of the crash was overloading of goods and humans, as well as fatigue.
“Further investigation of the incident shows that 73 people were involved in the crash, 59 got injured, and sadly, four were deceased,” he said.
He further explained that the injured have been conveyed to St. Gerard and AP Smart Hospitals, Kaduna.
He called on the motoring public to strictly adhere to all safety regulations on the road, adding that the Yuletide season is the most travelled period of the year, thus the frequent road traffic crashes.
He assured the public that the corps was doing everything possible to curtail the menace of crashes and save lives and property.