The Hyderabad City Cyber Crimes Unit apprehended four people who were involved in business fraud and stole an amount of Rs 87 lakh. The accused are Vincent Ibhaduwede, a Nigerian (37), Shakil (34), Arvind Mishra (45), and Saifullah Khan (53), all from Mumbai, and Christopher is still at large. They had one laptop and six mobile phones seized by police.
On February 6, 2023, the accused Christopher sent an email to the complainant stating that he is Dr Arthur Williams from LexoPharma Company for a business proposal on mutual benefit for the supply of 2,000 packets of CissusPopulnea stems every month and that their company is based in the US and that they manufacture various types of medicines using CissusPopulnea.
In this case, the complainant is a pharmaceutical researcher and manufacturer. Christopher contacted him using the fictitious name and identity of Dr Arthur Williams. Christopher persuaded the victim that he is in the legitimate business of dealing in medicines and pharmaceuticals in the US under the name Lexo Pharma, and that he requires raw material (CissusPopulnea) from India for his company.
He introduced the complainant to a fictitious person and Lexo Pharma company Manager Larry White, as well as a fictitious raw material supplier Monika Sharma. Initially, the victim was asked to purchase three packets of raw material (CissusPopulnea) stems for Rs 1,44,000 each. He gave these packets to an African national named Danny in Delhi as a sample.
The complainant then paid Siya Enterprises Rs 87,45,000 under the guise of supplying a total of 200 packets of the raw material. According to KVM Prasad, ACP Cyber Crime, Christopher sent the fake email as Arthur Williams from Lexo Pharma, Vincent Ibhaduwede used to collect the crime proceeds and send them to Nigeria via Christopher’s brother.
Shakil took money from ACs and gave it to Vincent, while Aravind Mishra took money from ATMs and gave it to Shakil. Saifullah Khan used to open fake ACs under the guise of Siya Enterprises. A case was filed by the police under sections 66 (C) (D) ITA act 419, 420 IPC. The case was reported on May 16, 2023.
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