Police on Friday, June 2, captured a Nigerian man at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi Airport for ‘black dollar scam’ and forgery.
Authorities said that the man recognized as Gabriel Blessing Efe was attempting to go to Kolkata and Bhubaneswar on forged documents.
For the individuals who don’t have the idea about, a black dollar scam is a trap where artist endeavor to get cash by duping their victim by inducing them that a bundle of banknote-sized paper are really money takes note of that have been colored to dodge location and can be taken back to unique dollars if treated with a specific chemical.
“Last Friday a Nigerian citizen who touched base at the Delhi air terminal to travel to Kolkata by means of Bhuvneshwer by an Indigo flight 6E 701, was blocked in view of a tip off. As indicated by the archives he held, he was recognized as one Mike Danny Efe. On screening of his gear, a suspicious heap of papers which were in the measure of money notes and a container of the compound was recuperated from him,” said Sanjay Bhatia, DCP IGI.
On finding these suspicious articles, the man was off stacked and was confined for further inquiry. interrogation shows that his unique name was Gabriel Blessing Efe and that he had deceitfully gotten an international passport and business visa.
He additionally revealed that he had come to India in 2012 surprisingly and backpedaled to Nigeria in 2013. In 2015 he again came to India on a business visa and remained in various urban areas including Mumbai and Delhi, police said.
“He additionally revealed that one of his Nigerian companions, Tonny, who is in Kolkata, requesting that he bring dollar estimate groups of papers alongside a bottle of chemicals. These things were given to Efe by another Nigerian citizen Oscar at New Delhi Railway Station and he was made a request to deliver it to Tonny in Kolkata.
He likewise said they were hoping to scam one victim on the appearance of giving him US dollars on low rates. They told the objective that the dollars, which are in the paper frame, can be changed over into unique USDs, after a substance wash,” said Bhatia.
With the capture, police have recouped 14 groups of cash size paper with each package containing 100 papers and one bottle of chemicals.
“A record from the migration division has likewise been looked to find out the travel record of charged Gabriel and others. A group has been sent to investigate the CCTV film of ticketing operator and railroad stations for more pieces of information,” the DCP said.