Bengaluru police arrest Nigerian national for cheating women through matrimonial sites

A Nigerian national has been arrested by Bengaluru police for allegedly cheating a woman of Rs 25 lakh through a matrimonial site.

Whitefield Cyber Economic Narcotics (CEN) police in East Bengaluru have busted the scam and found that the accused and his associates siphoned crores of money by creating fake accounts on matrimonial websites.

The accused is identified as Brieght (25), a native of Nigeria living in Delhi with his wife Devain Brieght. In September this year, Brieght met a 34-year-old woman from Whitefield on a matrimonial website where he identified himself as Swain Rajkishore, a civil contractor and engineer.