A woman who duped people of crores of rupees in the name of America’s Winstern Gold Mining Corporation Company has been arrested. Noida Cybercrime Police Station has arrested the woman from Delhi. The arrested woman used to provide a bank account to the thugs on a rent of Rs 5,000 per month.
New Delhi/Noida: The Noida Cybercrime Police has arrested the female gangster who provided a bank account on rent to the Nigerian gang. The arrested woman has been identified as Preeti Chandra. She is a resident of Badarpur border area of Delhi. Investigation is being done by registering a case against the woman under several sections. Preeti Chandra has made 110 accounts available so far. Police has arrested Preeti in the case of fraud of Rs 60 lakh in the name of doing business with American Gold Mining Corporation Company.
In March 2020, Akhilesh Singh, a resident of Ghaziabad, lodged a report at the Cybercrime police station. In the complaint, he had said that he had received a call from Miss Sonia Morrison, Purchase Manager of Winston Gold Mining Corporation of America. The fraudsters promised profits of thousands of dollars. The accused cheated him for shipping charges, consultancy charges and other items of Rs 60 lakh and transferred them to various accounts.
The cyber crime police station was investigating the matter. Inspector in-charge of Cyber Crime Station, Rita Yadav said that on the basis of technical and documentary evidence in the investigation, the name of the woman leader Preeti Chandra, who provided the account on rent to the Nigerian gang, came to light, who has been arrested. In the interrogation, it has been accepted to provide accounts to Nigerian fraudsters by taking money on rent. The police is looking for his associates.
The accused woman told that Christy Fermi, who is a resident of Nigeria. I provide him a bank account on rent, which keeps matching with me. He gives me 15 thousand rupees for providing a bank account and gives 5000 rupees per month according to the bank account. In this way I have provided 110 bank accounts to Christie Fermi. At present, the police is taking further action against the accused.
