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Nigerian Man Dupes Indian National By Posing As Owner Of UK Pharmaceutical Company

December 29, 2020

She offered the complainant a business deal to export Folic oil from India and gave the contact details of a dealer/manufacturer of Folic oil in Mumbai, who was Sunitha of Star Enterprises.

The Cyber Crime Wing of the Central Crime Branch (CCB) has busted a commodity scam and arrested a Nigerian suspected to be part of a syndicate made up of Nigerian nationals.

According to Indi News, the accused has been identified as Fulgens Quadio, alias Kristopher Wilmer, 27, and was arrested in Mumbai.

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The police said in 2019, a complainant, K. M. Joseph of Kilpauk, Chennai alleged that he had received a Facebook message from an unknown person claiming to be Elizabeth from the UK, who owned a pharmaceutical company.

The so-called Elizabeth said she needed Folic oil, which would be used to cure blood cancer. She offered the complainant a business deal to export Folic oil from India and gave the contact details of a dealer/manufacturer of Folic oil in Mumbai, who was Sunitha of Star Enterprises.

Believing this to be genuine, Mr. Joseph contacted Sunitha and deposited ₹40 lakh for exports. Later, he realised that he had been scammed and hence he lodged a complaint with the then Chennai City Police Commissioner and a case was registered by the Central Crime Branch and taken up for investigation.

After investigation, a special team of police personnel arrested Fulgens Quadio, alias Kristopher Wilmer, 27, in Mumbai. He was taken to Chennai by air and produced by the special team before a court. He was remanded for 15 days.

The Chennai City Cyber Crime Cell Police have advised the general public and businessmen not to invest money in this sort of commodity scams.

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