Nigerian,two others held for fraudulent fund transfer

Later she also realised that a huge amount was missing in her NRI brother’s account that is managed by her from Mumbai. According to her,the account that had Rs 1.97 lakh was left with only Rs 337 in it. A disappointed Maurya lodged a complaint with the police.

“With the help of the bank,we procured the details of the account to which the money was transferred. The bank records led us to Narayanlal Sirvi (35),a shop owner at Mira Road. During his interrogation,he told us that a woman had requested him to let her use his bank account.

According to him,she wanted to receive some money from Karnataka but she didn’t have an account to receive the money.

While we were questioning him,the woman called him over his mobile phone and with his help we laid a trap. We nabbed Ria Shamshad Ali from an ATM while she was trying to withdraw money,” said a police officer.

During her interrogation,Ali told the police that she was a sex worker. “Interestingly,Sirvi has not received any commission from Ali. She often visited his shop to puchase things and would refuse to accept the balance amount after making the payment. This impressed Sirvi. He readily agreed to let her access his bank account,when she asked,” said the officer.

With Ali’s help,the police laid a trap at another ATM to nab one of the kingpins,Liuls Okeku,a 32 year-old Nigerian. “He revealed that several Nigerians are involved in the scam and they stay in Mira Road and Kamothe areas. Many of them act in films too,” said the officer. The cyber crime police are conducting further investigations in the case.