A 29-year-old Nigerian man, Stephane, also known as K Cee Dominic, was arrested from his rented accommodation in Tilak Nagar, west Delhi, for allegedly defrauding more than 100 women across India. Police said Dominic posed as a UK-based Korean businessman on a language exchange app to gain the trust of his victims.
According to Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) Prashant Gautam, Dominic introduced himself as Duck Young, a Korean jewellery businessman based in the UK. He lured women with promises of personal relationships and business partnerships. His accomplices would impersonate officials over phone calls to demand money, which victims transferred digitally.
The case came to light after a woman named Anjali filed a complaint on September 24, stating she had been conned of Rs 48,500. She had met “Duck Young” on the app, who later claimed he was detained at Mumbai airport for travelling without a medical facility card. Subsequently, she received calls from two Indian numbers, with the callers impersonating immigration officials and demanding money for his clearance. After transferring money via UPI, she was asked to pay an additional Rs 2 lakh. When she refused, all communication was cut off.
A case was registered at Cyber Police Station, Shahdara. Police formed a team to trace the fraudster, analysing call records, bank details, and social media accounts before locating Dominic in west Delhi. Authorities seized a mobile phone containing the fake profile and evidence of chats with over 100 women.
During interrogation, Dominic revealed that he had entered India in 2019 on a six-month tourist visa using a passport from Ivory Coast, as Nigerian citizens were facing difficulties obtaining Indian visas. After his visa expired, he remained in India illegally and, having exhausted his savings, resorted to cyber fraud.
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