Chijioke arrested in India for blackmailing female doctor into committing suicide
The police force in India has arrested one Chijioke John Okoye, a 31-year-old internet fraudster, popularly addressed as Yahoo boy, over the death of a female doctor.
The suspect allegedly blackmailed the Indian doctor till she committed suicide.
Chijioke reportedly used a fake Facebook account, where he befriends unsuspecting victims and collect their WhatsApp number in the guise of being friends.
He then requests for their explicit photos, after he shows them those of the person he is impersonating.
In the unfortunate case of this doctor, he obtained obscene photographs of her and used them to demand lakhs of rupees from her.
The woman allegedly ended her life as the accused kept demanding more money and threatened to leak the explicit content online.
Confirming the incident to newsmen, the Commissioner of Police, Cuttack, DCP Khilari Rishikesh Dnyandeo, said the woman was found with a suicide note with her.
Subsequent investigations led to the arrest of Okoye after the sim he used in communicating with his victims was tracked.
“He used those fake profiles to send friend requests to other profiles in similar domains. After developing a friendship with them, he cunningly used them to obtain their mobile and WhatsApp numbers on the pretext of having a relationship with them.
“Subsequently, the accused managed to collect private and intimate photographs/videos of the victims by sharing fake photos/videos of the persons he impersonated. He then used them to blackmail the victims.
“When the accused kept demanding more money by threatening to make her private pictures and videos viral, the victim got scared and finding no other way, ended her life.
Police said that around 3,000 fake profiles being run by the accused have been traced.
“A laptop, five mobile phones and eight SIM cards of different countries have been seized from him. Though he belongs to Nigeria, a passport of ‘REPUBLIQUE DE COTE D’IVORIE’ issued in the name of Okoye was found in his possession and is under verification.
“He has been remanded for further investigation to ascertain whether he was operating alone or working as part of a larger cybercrime syndicate,” Khilari added.
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