Noida: Along with his Nigerian aide, this manager cheated 300 women on matrimonial sites

NOIDA: The cyber cell of Noida police arrested a 25-year-old sales manager of a telecom company on Saturday night from his residence in Noida Extension for his alleged involvement in the duping of over 300 women through matrimonial sites.
The accused, Tanveer Hussain, is a resident of Supertech Eco-Village 2 and worked in the Tughlaqabad area of New Delhi.A native of the Madhubani district in Bihar, Hussain has a diploma in computer science.
On May 26, Delhi Police arrested Garuba Galumje, a Nigerian national hailing from Lagos, an associate of Tanveer. Subsequent investigations revealed Hussain saw transactions worth over Rs 4 crore in his bank account in the past four months.
Rita Yadav, cyber cell inspector, Noida, said Hussain was the financier for a group of men from African countries who befriended women through matrimonial websites on the promise of marriage and then made them transfer money on the pretext of some personal emergency.
“Last month, we received a complaint from a Meerut-based woman. She was cheated of Rs 60 lakh by a Nigerian man after meeting him on a matrimonial site,” she said.
Following this, police arrested Galumje and found out about Hussain through their investigations. According to cops, the money from the victims went to various bank accounts managed by Hussain, who would deduct 3% as commission and give the rest in cash to the men.
“We have recovered three mobile phones and 16 debit and credit cards from his possession. His account details show over Rs four crore transactions in the past four months. We are looking at his other accounts and transactions now,” said Yadav.
Police have booked Hussain under IPC sections 420 (cheating), 468 (forgery for cheating), 471 (fraudulent use of a document), 120B (criminal conspiracy) and 34 (common criminal intention) and relevant sections of IT Act.