<p>A Nigerian national has been arrested for cheating people aspiring to get jobs in the UK. </p>.<p>Northeast CEN Crime police arrested Nokocha Kasmir Ikemba, 39, who allegedly cheated Malar Kodi, a resident of Doddagubbi, Northeast Bengaluru, of Rs 34 lakh. He promised her a nurse's job in the UK. </p>.<p>Malar had worked as a nurse abroad and returned to India a few years ago. She wanted to go abroad again and raised the money to pay Ikemba by pledging her house. </p>.<p>In her police complaint, Malar stated that she had received a message on November 15, 2022, from an unknown email ID. The email contained details of what looked like a government website with a phone number offering jobs. When she called the number, the attendant promised her the job of a staff nurse in a UK hospital. </p>.<p>She was asked to pay various charges, including processing and registration fees. To complete the trap, the miscreant sent her a fake appointment letter. She fell for it and transferred Rs 34,07,542 in multiple transactions. She eventually realised that she had been cheated. </p>.<p>Police collected the details of the bank account to which Malar had transferred the money and the miscreant's phone number. They traced the suspect to Faridabad, Haryana, and arrested him. </p>.<p>Police investigations show that Ikemba arrived in India in 2016 on a medical visa and overstayed. He lived in Delhi and then moved to Faridabad. Delhi police had previously arrested him for a similar offence. </p>.<p>Police said Ikemba opened bank accounts using Aadhaar cards and other documents he took from poor people by paying them a few thousand rupees. He received the money in those accounts. </p>.<p>Two of his other victims have filed complaints at Hyderabad's cybercrime police station and at the Karur police station in Tamil Nadu. Police froze Rs 5 lakh from one of his bank accounts. </p>
<p>A Nigerian national has been arrested for cheating people aspiring to get jobs in the UK. </p>.<p>Northeast CEN Crime police arrested Nokocha Kasmir Ikemba, 39, who allegedly cheated Malar Kodi, a resident of Doddagubbi, Northeast Bengaluru, of Rs 34 lakh. He promised her a nurse's job in the UK. </p>.<p>Malar had worked as a nurse abroad and returned to India a few years ago. She wanted to go abroad again and raised the money to pay Ikemba by pledging her house. </p>.<p>In her police complaint, Malar stated that she had received a message on November 15, 2022, from an unknown email ID. The email contained details of what looked like a government website with a phone number offering jobs. When she called the number, the attendant promised her the job of a staff nurse in a UK hospital. </p>.<p>She was asked to pay various charges, including processing and registration fees. To complete the trap, the miscreant sent her a fake appointment letter. She fell for it and transferred Rs 34,07,542 in multiple transactions. She eventually realised that she had been cheated. </p>.<p>Police collected the details of the bank account to which Malar had transferred the money and the miscreant's phone number. They traced the suspect to Faridabad, Haryana, and arrested him. </p>.<p>Police investigations show that Ikemba arrived in India in 2016 on a medical visa and overstayed. He lived in Delhi and then moved to Faridabad. Delhi police had previously arrested him for a similar offence. </p>.<p>Police said Ikemba opened bank accounts using Aadhaar cards and other documents he took from poor people by paying them a few thousand rupees. He received the money in those accounts. </p>.<p>Two of his other victims have filed complaints at Hyderabad's cybercrime police station and at the Karur police station in Tamil Nadu. Police froze Rs 5 lakh from one of his bank accounts. </p>
