The Cyber Crime Cell of Pune police crime branch on Saturday arrested a Nigerian national, Ali Ibrahim Sehu (38), for allegedly cheating a man to the tune of over Rs 2 lakh in a lottery fraud.
According to the police, the incident took place between November 2009 and January 2010.
The complainant, Ratnakar Shrikrishna Mujumdar (51), a resident of Bibvewadi, received an email saying he has won a lottery of $1 million.
As directed in the email, Mujumdar deposited Rs 39,500 in the account of one Manish S Das and Rs 1.69 lakh in Santosh V Kamat's account as custom clearance charge. Mujumdar suspected foul play when he was told to deposit more money and registered a complaint with the Sahakarnagar police.
The cyber cell then obtained a production warrant from a magisterial court in Pune
And sought the custody of Sehu from Aurangabad, where he was arrested in a similar case. Sehu has been remanded in police custody till May 30.
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