Nigerian held for lottery fraud

With the arrest of a Nigerian national, Delhi Police today claimed to have busted a gang of frauds which used to dupe people by sending them mails saying that they have won big lotteries.
According to the police, with the arrest of Egbo Okwudiri on July 25, a case of cheating of Rs 62.5 lakh has also been solved.
"A case of fraud was registered by a complainant who was made to deposit an amount of Rs 62.5 lakh on the pretext of winning a lottery of one million pound," said a senior police officer.
"The complainant deposited an amount of Rs 62.5 lakh in fake bank accounts at different locations as instructed by Okwudiri," said Deputy Commissioner of Police (North-West) N Gnana Sambandan.

Earlier, Okwudiri's associates Harnarayan Dixit, Chander Mohan Jaiswal and Ankur Mishra, were arrested in April from Bareilly, the officer said.
They used fake cheque books, debit cards and passbooks to withdraw the money deposited by the complainant, police said.
"Two others, Ayub Saifi and Amit Prakash were arrested in July, they were in constant contact with the Nigerian nationals in Bareilly who used to dupe people in a similar way," the officer said.
A diary has also been recovered containing the details of account numbers, names of foreign nationals, account payment details, along with some bank deposit slips an debit cards, they said.