PIONEER EDGE NEWS SERVICE | Dehradun
The Uttarakhand Special Task Force (STF) arrested Nigerian citizen Colinus Ugochukwu Nwaemuka from Delhi in connection with an international parcel fraud case targeting a Dehradun resident.
In a Press conference in Dehradun on Thursday, the STF senior superintendent of police Navneet Singh Bhullar said that the accused allegedly posed as a senior manager of a reputed pharmaceutical company on Facebook and established contact with the complainant in July 2025. The victim was then persuaded to make multiple payments for customs scanning, gold licence, currency conversion, insurance, GST and clearance charges through a fake logistics service named Flota Logistics.
Bhullar informed that subsequently, individuals posing as officials from a national cyber security agency and as police personnel allegedly demanded additional money to resolve a fabricated legal case. The complainant transferred a total of Rs 28.98 lakh in multiple transactions to various bank accounts. Investigation revealed the use of fake mobile numbers, bank accounts, social media profiles and parcel tracking domains to carry out the fraud, the SSP said. “During the operation, the STF recovered 15 mobile phones, five bank ATM cards, 10 SIM cards, two passports, a Wi-Fi dongle, a laptop and a PAN card. Initial inquiries indicated that the bank accounts used in the fraud had handled transactions worth crores of rupees in recent months. Multiple cases against the accused in different states are under verification in coordination with other police units,” Bhullar said.
The SSP urged the public not to engage with unknown individuals online, invest in unverified schemes or share personal information without proper verification. Victims of cybercrime have been advised to contact helpline number 1930 immediately.
