Hyderabad: Police busted a fake US and Canada job racket and arrested three members of the gang including a Nigerian. The gang which operated using fake bank accounts opened in the name of Korean pop star Bae Suzy, also cheated people by posting ads on Olx and Quikr.
The arrested persons are Christopher, 32, a Nigerian, Lalch-hanhimi, 32, and Ema-nuel Lalthianghli-ma, 23, both from Mizoram. Another Nigerian named James Martin, 27, is absconding.
Police said that Lalchhanhimi and Lalthinghlima rented a house in Shamshabad and using the agreement opened 70 accounts in various banks. After collecting cheque books, passbooks and ATM cards they vacated the house and the account details were given to Christopher and Martin.
“They collect details of job aspirants from job portals and correspond with them using the identity of HR managers of US and Canadian companies. Using Canadian and US SIM cards, they call the victims from Bengaluru and offered salaries of $10,000 a month and other benefits,” inspector Md Riyazuddin said.
Five people from the city fell into their trap and paid Rs 5 lakh each.
“Lalchhanhimi, an expert in photoshop, used to create fake electoral cards, aadhar cards and DLs by using images of the original cards available on the Internet,” Mr Riyazuddin added. Christopher whose visa expired in 2009 was illegally staying in India while James Martin flew back to Nigeria 45 days ago.
Police also seized Rs 1 lakh, 15 bank passbooks, cheque books, PAN cards, mobile phones and other material from them. They were produced before court.
