Two Nigerians arrested in fraud case in Secunderabad

Kasope Sangodipe Adeyemo, Abolaji Mohammed were allegedly staying in India without any valid visa, running credit card racket in major cities

PTI | November 8, 2011



City police on Sunday claimed to have busted an international credit card racket based in New Delhi with the arrest of two Nigerians at Secunderabad.

Sleuths of the Commissioner's Task Force (North Zone) team apprehended two Nigerian nationals identified as Kasope Sangodipe Adeyemo and Abolaji Mohammed alias Maroof who were allegedly staying in India without any valid visa and running the credit card racket in major cities, Task Force Deputy Commissioner of Police Ch Ramchander said.

The duo along with two other associates, who are absconding, were running the racket of cloning (fake) credit cards by creating a base in New Delhi, he said.

"By using 17 fake credit cards of different banks the accused made purchases of Rs seven lakh worth goods from different shops in Hyderabad last month. Police seized cloned credit and debit cards, 8 cell phones, Rs 24,000 in cash from their possession," the senior police officer said, adding Kasope was arrested by Delhi police last year while he was supplying narcotic drugs and he was in jail for 6 months.

"The accused used to purchase fake credit cards through their friends from Nigeria and in India and used the same for buying electronic goods, clothes, shoes among others. They either exported the goods to their country or sold it online.

On verification it was found that all the cards belong to US citizens," Ramchander said.

Efforts are on to trace the other absconding accused, he said.
 

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