Two Held for Fraud Case

3 July 2013
Mumbai

Kerala police have arrested the daughter of a former theatre owner and her Nigerian boyfriend from Mumbai for allegedly duping an entrepreneur of Rs 1.5 crore with a bogus scheme to export medicated oil with purported aphrodisiac properties.

Entrepreneur Anil Kumar from Thiruvananthapuram responded to the email and the duo soon met him, police said. They showed him a sample of the oil and finalised a deal, in which he was promised a return of Rs 15 lakh per gallon of the oil exported. Kumar paid them Rs 1.5 crore as the first instalment and was asked to pay Rs 20 lakh more, said an officer from Mumbai police Crime Branch unit six.

Kumar was asked to deposit the money in five of the 13 bogus accounts the couple had opened in various banks in Mumbai, said the officer. However, once the money was deposited, he did not hear from either of the accused. In June, Kumar approached the Economic Offences Wing of Kerala police.

Source– http://www.indianexpress.com/news/2-dupe-kerala-businessman-of-rs-1.5-cr-held/1136886/

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