Nigerian national held for running hacking syndicate in Delhi: Police

The Delhi Police Cyber Cell arrested a foreign national for allegedly running a WhatsApp hacking syndicate, from West Delhi’s Mohan Garden on Sunday. Police said the accused has been identified as Chimelum Emmanuel Aniwetalu from Nigeria. Police are now tracing his associates who operated from Bengaluru.

The accused and his associates would allegedly hack into the victim’s WhatsApp or Facebook account and demand money from people on their contact list. They sometimes posed as women as well.

Police received a complaint from a businessman who alleged his phone was hacked by unknown persons who “took control” of his WhatsApp and were demanding money from his friends by sending distress messages.