Vadodara: Three people including two foreign nationals from Congo and Nigeria were arrested for deceiving a retired teacher at Godhra by promising a large amount of cash in the ‘Black Dollar’ fraud.
The accusation was approaching Teacher Shripad Sarpotdar by creating a fake Facebook profile.
They claimed that they had sent prizes for Sarpotdar and then asked for money for gift security, customs, and money laundering permission.
The victim paid Rs 2,92,003 to the defendant.
Later, a defendant came to Godhra on a bus and delivered a suitcase that was said that it contained cash in dollars that must be washed with chemicals.
He claims that he has run out of chemicals and will contact later.
The defendant then looked for money for chemicals and took almost RS 28 lakh in nine different accounts.
When the teacher realized that he was cheated, he approached the Panchmahal police.
The branch of the virtual world crime traced the defendant and arrested him.
The defendant was identified as David Fororger from Congo, Soba Benson from Nigeria and Naresh Chopra from New Delhi.
The defendant has deceived people from Uttar Pradesh, Karnatak and Tamil Nadu in the same way.